Competencies for global heath graduate education

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 575-592

  Calhoun, Judith G ^a   Spencer, Harrison C ^b   Buekens, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Global health; Graduate education; Public health

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH SCIENCE; MASTERS EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79957664034     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.015     Document Type: Review

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