A pilot comparison of standardized online surgical curricula for use in low- and middle-income countries

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-346

  Goldstein, Seth D ^a   Papandria, Dominic ^b   Linden, Allison ^c   Azzie, Georges ^d   Borgstein, Eric ^e   Calland, James Forrest ^f   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^g   Jani, Pankaj ^h   Klingensmith, Mary ⁱ   Labib, Mohamed ^j   Lewis, Frank ^k   Malangoni, Mark A ^k   O'Flynn, Eric ^l   Ogendo, Stephen ^h   Riviello, Robert ^g   Abdullah, Fizan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^k American Board of Surgery   (United States)

^l ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHIOPIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERNET; IRELAND; KENYA; LIKERT SCALE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RWANDA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; ZAMBIA;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84898825194     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4830     Document Type: Article

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