Transforming health professions' education through in-country collaboration: Examining the consortia among African medical schools catalyzed by the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Talib, Zohray M ^a   Kiguli Malwadde, Elsie ^b   Wohltjen, Hannah ^c   Derbew, Miliard ^d   Mulla, Yakub ^e   Olaleye, David ^f   Sewankambo, Nelson ^g  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Medical education; South south partnerships; Workforce scale up

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928733852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-13-1     Document Type: Article

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