Trainee ophthalmologists′ opinions on ways to improve cataract surgical rate

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-280

  Ayanniyi, Abdulkabir ^a   Adepoju, Feyi ^a   Owoeye, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cataract surgical rate; Opinion; Priority actions; Trainees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77249164532     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.59585     Document Type: Article

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