General practice training in Uganda. Part 1: Setting, personnel, and facilities.
Making lasting changes to health care in developing countries is a challenge to industrialized nations. This two-part article outlines how a general practice training project was established in Uganda to prepare postgraduate students to work in rural hospitals. Part 1 covers the setting, those involved, and the facilities available to launch such a project.
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Department of Family Practice, Memorial University.
D002170:Canada; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012423:Rural Health; D018581:Technology Transfer; D014454:Uganda