South-to-North, Cross-Disciplinary Training in Global Health Practice: Ten Years of Lessons Learned from an Infectious Disease Field Course in Jamaica

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Scarlett, Henroy P ^a   Nisbett, Richard A ^a   Stoler, Justin ^b   Bain, Brendan C ^c   Bhatta, Madhav P ^d   Castle, Trevor ^g   Harbertson, Judith ^e   Brodine, Stephanie K ^c   Vermund, Sten H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAMAICA; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TRAINING;

COMMERCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 80052819615     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0524     Document Type: Review

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