Service, training, mentorship: first report of an innovative education-support program to revitalize primary care social service in Chiapas, Mexico
Background: The Mexican mandatory year of social service following medical school, or pasantía, is designed to provide a safety net for the underserved. However, social service physicians (pasantes) are typically unpracticed, unsupervised, and unsupported. Significant demotivation, absenteeism, and...
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-11-01
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Series: | Global Health Action |
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Online Access: | http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25139/pdf_1 |