Surgical outreach in rural South Africa: Are we managing to impart surgical skills?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-60

  Clarke, D L ^a   Aldous, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Department of health; Rural surgery; Surgical outreach programme

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRACEPTION; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL TRAINING; UTERUS SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84890285956     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7252     Document Type: Article

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