How useful are Primary Trauma Care courses in sub-Saharan Africa?

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1293-1298

  Nogaro, Marie Caroline ^a   Pandit, Hemant ^b   Peter, Noel ^b   Le, Grace ^b   Oloruntoba, David ^c   Muguti, Godfrey ^d   Lavy, Christopher ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Bedford Orthopaedic Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Courses; Developing countries; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY TRAUMA CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RWANDA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84933182419     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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