Ten years of international collaboration in biomedical informatics and beyond: The AMAUTA program in Peru

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-480

  Curioso, Walter H ^a,b   Fuller, Sherrilynne ^b   Garcia, Patricia J ^a   Holmes, King K ^b   Kimball, Ann Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MASTERS EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERU; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERU; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77958183934     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.002196     Document Type: Article

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