Capacity building in emergency care: An example from Madang, Papua New Guinea

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-552

  Phillips, Georgina A ^a,b   Hendrie, Jamie ^c   Atua, Vincent ^d,e   Manineng, Clement ^e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Modilon Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^e Divine Word University   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Educational activity; Emergency medical service; International educational exchange

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEARNING; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

EID: 84867330969     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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