Mid-level healthcare personnel training: An evaluation of the revised, nationally-standardized, pre-service curriculum for clinical officers in Mozambique

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Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Feldacker, Caryl ^a   Chicumbe, Sergio ^b   Dgedge, Martinho ^c   Augusto, Gerito ^d   Cesar, Freide ^d   Robertson, Molly ^a   Mbofana, Francisco ^b   O'Malley, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c Mozambique Ministry of Health   (Mozambique)

^d International Training and Education Center on HIV   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MID LEVEL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVISED CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; STANDARDS;

CURRICULUM; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INSERVICE TRAINING; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84904908864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102588     Document Type: Article

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