In-service training of physician assistants in acute care in Ghana: Challenges, successes, and lessons learned

In-service training of physician assistants in acute care in Ghana: Challenges, successes, and lessons learned

To meet the greater demand for skilled personnel in Emergency Medicine (EM) in Ghana, the authors developed an in-service course in basic acute care for Physician Assistants (PAs) working in district hospitals. Methods: An initial training of trainers course was held for twenty-two PAs. From this in...

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Main Authors:	Anjali Niyogi, Barbra Villona, Beth L. Rubenstein, Stephanie J. Hubbard, Frank Baiden, Rachel T. Moresky
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:	African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:	Task-shifting Acute care International emergency medicine International education Physician assistants Midlevel providers
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X15000282

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