The Next Generation of Rwandan Physicians With a Primary Health Care Mindset

dc.contributor.authorFlinkenflögel, Maaike
dc.contributor.authorKyamanywa, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorVincent K Cubaka, Vincent K
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Phil
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-11T11:57:29Z
dc.date.available2022-04-11T11:57:29Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractGlobally there is a need for well-trained primary health care physicians at the district level. Physicians who focus on ambulatory care will be in greater demand in addressing the global burden of chronic disease and multi-morbidity, which are on the increase in Africa. Not surprisingly, family medicine has grown stronger on the African continent in the past decades. In Rwanda, education of health professionals has recently undergone several changes. Postgraduate training in medical and surgical specialties has been further developed in a constructive and inclusive way with support of American universities. Although postgraduate training in family and community medicine has been temporarily halted, the need to develop and enhance undergraduate training in social and community medicine was identified and efforts have since commenced. This raises the question whether postgraduate training was developed too early, at a time when undergraduate training did not yet embrace the concept of primary health care.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFlinkenflögel, M., Kyamanywa, P., Cubaka, V.K. and Cotton, P., 2015. The next generation of Rwandan physicians with a primary health care mindset. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 7(1), pp.1-2.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2928 / 2071-2936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2939
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS , Postnet Suite 110, Private Bag x 19, Durbanville, South Africa, 7550en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine;7(1)
dc.subjectPrimary health careen_US
dc.subjectPhysiciansen_US
dc.subjectNext generationen_US
dc.titleThe Next Generation of Rwandan Physicians With a Primary Health Care Mindseten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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