Assessing and strengthening African universities' capacity for doctoral programmes

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Bates, Imelda ^a   Phillips, Richard ^b,c   Martin Peprah, Ruby ^c   Kibiki, Gibson ^d   Gaye, Oumar ^e   Phiri, Kamija ^f   Tagbor, Harry ^b   Purnell, Sue ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

AFRICA; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80053326228     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001068     Document Type: Article

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