Pretraining experience and structure of surgical training at a sub-saharan African University

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1836-1840

  Galukande, Moses ^a   Ozgediz, Doruk ^b   Elobu, Emmanuel ^a   Kaggwa, Sam ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UGANDA; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880784148     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2053-2     Document Type: Article

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