Scaling up specialist training in developing countries: Lessons learned from the first 12 years of regional postgraduate training in Fiji - a case study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Oman, Kimberly ^a   Rodgers, Elizabeth ^b   Usher, Kim ^c   Moulds, Robert ^d  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Therapeutic Guidelines Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Developing countries; Education; Human resources for health; Medical; Medical migration; Mixed methods research; Pacific Islands; Postgraduate; Professional satisfaction; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871558959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-48     Document Type: Article

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