Learning health professionalism at Makerere University: An exploratory study amongst undergraduate students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Baingana, Rhona K ^a   Nakasujja, Noeline ^a   Galukande, Moses ^a   Omona, Kenneth ^b   Mafigiri, David K ^a   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Lira Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UGANDA; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; UGANDA;

EID: 78049409299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-76     Document Type: Article

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