Global health competencies and approaches in medical education: A literature review

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Battat, Robert ^a   Seidman, Gillian ^a   Chadi, Nicholas ^a   Chanda, Mohammed Y ^a   Nehme, Jessica ^a   Hulme, Jennifer ^a   Li, Annie ^a   Faridi, Nazlie ^a   Brewer, Timothy F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNATIONALITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78650393226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-94     Document Type: Article

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