Assessing the effectiveness of pre-departure training for professional healthcare students working in resource-limited settings

University of Toronto Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Xu, Jason J ^a   Pereira, Ian J ^a   Liu, Wendy W ^a   Herbert, Carol P ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79957654452     PISSN: 08332207     EISSN: 19135440     Source Type: Journal    
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