Competency-based medical education in two sub-saharan african medical schools

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 483-489

  Kiguli Malwadde, Elsie ^a,b   Olapade Olaopa, E Oluwabunmi ^a,c   Kiguli, Sarah ^b   Chen, Candice ^d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^b   Ogunniyi, Adesola O ^c   Mukwaya, Solome ^a   Omaswa, Francis ^a  

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

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBME; Competencies; Competency domains; Curricular reforms; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011104305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S68480     Document Type: Review

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