Africa's first emergency medicine training program at the University of Cape Town/Stellenbosch University: History, progress, and lessons learned

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 868-871

  Wen, Leana S ^a   Geduld, Heike I ^b,c   Tobias Nagurney, J ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051992031     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01131.x     Document Type: Review

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