Addressing the severe shortage of health care providers in Ethiopia: Bench model teaching of technical skills

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 621-627

  Dorman, Katie ^b   Satterthwaite, Lisa ^b   Howard, Andrew ^b   Woodrow, Sarah ^b   Derbew, Miliard ^c   Reznick, Richard ^b   Dubrowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHECKLIST; ETHIOPIA; EXCISION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LACERATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; VOLUNTEER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650727196     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03381.x     Document Type: Article

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