Cuba's Latin American Medical School: can socially-accountable medical education make a difference?
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After graduating more than 12,000 doctors since its founding in 1999, Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM, the Spanish acronym) is tackling one of its greatest challenges to date: how to track graduates from over 65 countries and measure their impact on health outcomes and policy in their local contexts?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- MEDICC review
دوره 14 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012