Building communities of practice: MEPI creates a commons

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Frehywot, Seble ^a   Mullan, Fitzhugh ^a   Vovides, Yianna ^b   Korhumel, Kristine ^a   Chale, Selamawit Bedada ^a   Infanzon, Alexandra ^a   Kiguli Malwadde, Elsie ^c   Omaswa, Francis ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905405086     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000349     Document Type: Article

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