Has the middle-level anaesthesia manpower training program of the West African College of Surgeons fulfilled its objectives?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-362

  Bode, C O ^a,b   Olatosi, J ^a,b   Amposah, G ^a,c   Desalu, I ^a,b  

^a West African College of Physicians   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Middle level manpower; Postgraduate training in anaesthesia; West African College of Surgeons

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878261689     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1304100313     Document Type: Article

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