Addressing the severe shortage of health care providers in Ethiopia: bench model teaching of technical skills

  1. Katie Dorman1,
  2. Lisa Satterthwaite1,
  3. Andrew Howard1,
  4. Sarah Woodrow1,
  5. Miliard Derbew2,
  6. Richard Reznick1 and
  7. Adam Dubrowski3

Version of Record online: 22 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03381.x

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Medical Education

Medical Education

Volume 43, Issue 7, pages 621–627, July 2009


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Dorman, K., Satterthwaite, L., Howard, A., Woodrow, S., Derbew, M., Reznick, R. and Dubrowski, A. (2009), Addressing the severe shortage of health care providers in Ethiopia: bench model teaching of technical skills. Medical Education, 43: 621–627. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03381.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  3. 3

    Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Nursing Education, Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

*Adam Dubrowski, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Nursing Education, Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Suite 142, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P8, Canada. Tel: 00 1 416 946 8270; Fax: 00 1 416 946 0665; E-mail: adam.dubrowski@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue online: 22 JUN 2009
  2. Version of Record online: 22 JUN 2009
  3. Received 22 September 2008; editorial comments to authors 11 November 2008; accepted for publication 26 February 2009

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