Community-based education programs in Africa: Faculty experience within the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) network

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Mariam, Damen Haile ^a   Sagay, Atiene Solomon ^b   Arubaku, Wilfred ^c   Bailey, Rebecca J ^d   Baingana, Rhona K ^e   Burani, Aluonzi ^f   Couper, Ian D ^g   Deery, Christopher B ^d   De Villiers, Marietjie ^h   Matsika, Antony ⁱ   Mogodi, Mpho S ^j   Mteta, Kien Alfred ^k   Talib, Zohray M ^l  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^k KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^l GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905501415     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000330     Document Type: Article

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