Improved clinical and laboratory skills after team-based, malaria case management training of health care professionals in Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Namagembe, Allen ^a   Ssekabira, Umaru ^a   Weaver, Marcia R ^b   Blum, Nancy ^c   Burnett, Sarah ^c   Dorsey, Grant ^d   Sebuyira, Lydia Mpanga ^a,b   Ojaku, Alex ^a   Schneider, Gisela ^e   Willis, Kelly ^c   Yeka, Adoke ^f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Accordia Global Health Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DIFAEM   (Germany)

^f INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; TRAINING; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOLOGY; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UGANDA;

EID: 84856786124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-44     Document Type: Article

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