Future career plans of Malawian medical students: a cross-sectional survey
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Future career plans of Malawian medical students: a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND Malawi has one of the lowest physician densities in the world, at 1.1 doctors per 100,000 population. Undergraduate training of doctors at the national medical school has increased considerably in recent years with donor support. However, qualified doctors continue to leave the public sector in order to work or train abroad. We explored the postgraduate plans of current medical stude...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-29