Building the capacity to build capacity in e-health in sub-Saharan Africa: The KwaZulu-Natal experience

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-37

  Mars, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; distance learning; e health; information management; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PROGRAM; ACADEMIC STAFF; AFRICA; CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EHEALTH; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MEDICAL DISCIPLINES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SCHOOLS; PARTNER INSTITUTIONS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO CONFERENCING; VIDEODISKS;

HEALTH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEORECORDING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84856703479     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0146     Document Type: Article

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