Growing partnerships: Leveraging the power of collaboration through the medical education partnership initiative

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Olapade Olaopa, Emiola Oluwabunmi ^a,b   Baird, Sarah ^c,d   Kiguli Malwadde, Elsie ^b   Kolars, Joseph C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST)   (Uganda)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905398451     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000345     Document Type: Review

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