Using standard and institutional mentorship models to implement SLMTA in Kenya

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Makokha, Ernest P ^a   Mwalili, Samuel ^a   Basiye, Frank L ^a   Zeh, Clement ^a   Emonyi, Wilfred I ^b   Langat, Raphael ^c   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   Mwangi, Jane ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Henry Jackson Foundation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KENYA; MENTORSHIP MODEL; MODEL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; PURCHASING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 85018366593     PISSN: 22252002     EISSN: 22252010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.220     Document Type: Article

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