The authors present a model for the development of sustainable primary health care in village communities in Honduras through the training and support of community health workers.
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The authors examined the benefits and practical implications of providing mentors for distance learning continuing medical education in a low technology setting.
This study examines the public retention of rural physicians from different tracks of entry.
A prospective study was carried out of the health effects and sustainability of a low-cost trauma training program for non-graduate village healthcare workers.
This article describes a pioneering postgraduate educational program for primary care physicians in remote areas of Lebanon.
This study describes a ‘training’ need assessment conducted for health managers in a rural district which has informed Stellenbosch University Rural Medical Education Partnership Initiative (SURMEPI) continuing professional development activities.
This review intends to examine contextual factors affecting motivation and retention of Village Health Workers in their roles and identify recommendations and strategies to motivate and retain them in the systems.
The authors’ aim was to determine, on a provincial level, the cost effectiveness of training and employing clinical associates and medical practitioners compared to the standard strategy of training and employing only more medical practitioners.
This paper discusses a collaborative teaching/role modelling programme between rural Canadian doctors and student at Nepal’s Patan Academy of Health Sciences
The authors’ objective was to explore the key issues of practice location of all MDGP graduates to enhance recruitment of doctors in rural practice