Is it possible to train surgeons for rural Africa? A report of a successful international program

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-499

  Pollock, Jonathan D ^a   Love, Timothy P ^a   Steffes, Bruce C ^b   Thompson, David C ^b,c   Mellinger, John ^d   Haisch, Carl ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons   (United States)

^c Bongolo Hospital   (Gabon)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952193838     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0936-z     Document Type: Article

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