Scaling up family medicine training in Gezira, Sudan - a 2-year in-service master programme using modern information and communication technology: A survey study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mohamed, Khalid G ^a,b,c   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a,b   Abdelrahman, Samira H ^a   Malik, Elfatih M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Family medicine; In service training; Sudan; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84892574489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-3     Document Type: Article

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