Continuing distance education: a capacity-building tool for the de-isolation of care professionals and researchers

Bagayoko, Cheikh Oumar; Perrin Franck, Caroline; Gagnon, Marie-Pierre; Geissbuhler, Antoine

doi:10.1007/s11606-013-2522-1

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Continuing distance education: a capacity-building tool for the de-isolation of care professionals and researchers

ContributorsBagayoko, Cheikh Oumar; Perrin Franck, Caroline

; Gagnon, Marie-Pierre; Geissbuhler, Antoine

Published inJournal of general internal medicine, vol. 28, no. suppl. 3, p. 666-670

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Open Access - Licence nationale Springer

Publication date2013

Abstract

There are large disparities in access to health-care professionals (HCP) in low-income African countries, leading to imbalanced and suboptimal health delivery. Part of the difficulty is recruiting and retaining care professionals to work in isolated settings.

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

Research group

Groupe Geissbuhler Antoine (informatique médicale) (222)

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BAGAYOKO, Cheikh Oumar et al. Continuing distance education: a capacity-building tool for the de-isolation of care professionals and researchers. In: Journal of general internal medicine, 2013, vol. 28, p. 666–670. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2522-1

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PID : unige:33817
DOI : 10.1007/s11606-013-2522-1
PMID : 23780652

ISSN of the journal0884-8734

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Continuing distance education: a capacity-building tool for the de-isolation of care professionals and researchers

There are large disparities in access to health-care professionals (HCP) in low-income African countries, leading to imbalanced and suboptimal health delivery. Part of the difficulty is recruiting and retaining care professionals to work in isolated settings.

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