In-service training of physician assistants in acute care in Ghana: Challenges, successes, and lessons learned

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 114-119

  Niyogi, Anjali ^a,b   Villona, Barbra ^a,c   Rubenstein, Beth L ^a   Hubbard, Stephanie J ^a   Baiden, Frank ^d   Moresky, Rachel T ^a,e  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^e New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care; International education; International emergency medicine; Midlevel providers; Physician assistants; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GHANA; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICAL SKILL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SIMULATION; SKILL; SPLINTING; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 84940718473     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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