Medical Education: Meeting the Challenge of Implementing Primary Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Ahmed, Mushtaq ^a   Vellani, Camer W ^a   Awiti, Alex O ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Medical education; Primary health care; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79957659993     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.011     Document Type: Review

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