Health professions educators as agents of change in Tanzania: Creativity to implement new curricula

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Mloka, Doreen A ^a   Omer, Selma ^b   Mkony, Charles A ^c   Kisenge, Rodrick R ^c   MacFarlane, Sarah B ^d   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUHAS   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

faculty development; health professions education; Tanzania; teaching practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84871456425     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2012.46     Document Type: Article

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