Fostering psychiatry in Ghana: The impact of a short review course through an international collaboration

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 373-375

  Laugharne, Jonathan ^a   Appiah Poku, John ^a   Laugharne, Richard ^a   Stanley, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHIATRY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84857558466     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.35.6.373     Document Type: Review

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