Perceived need for emergency medicine training in Pakistan: A survey of medical education leadership

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-146

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a   Ahmed, Adnan ^a   Saleem, Ali Faisal ^a   Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Pakistan; Residency; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349143119     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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