Preservice laboratory education strengthening enhances sustainable laboratory workforce in Ethiopia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fonjungo, Peter N ^a,h   Kebede, Yenew ^a   Arneson, Wendy ^b   Tefera, Derese ^a   Yimer, Kedir ^a   Kinde, Samuel ^c   Alem, Meseret ^d   Cheneke, Waqtola ^e   Mitiku, Habtamu ^f   Tadesse, Endale ^g   Tsegaye, Aster ^c   Kenyon, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^e JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Laboratory workforce strengthening; PEPFAR; Preservice education; Standardization; Sustainability; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEACHING;

EID: 84886121916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-56     Document Type: Article

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