Surgical training in Guyana: the next generation
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Surgical training in Guyana: the next generation.
The pioneering surgical training partnership between the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) and the University of Guyana has successfully graduated 14 surgeons since 2006. The association has recruited 29 surgeons who have made 75 teaching visits to Guyana, and CAGS involvement has been critical to providing local credibility to the program, organizing the curriculum structure and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0008-428X
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010414