Surgical skills deficiencies and needs of rural general practitioners in South Africa

Background. At present, much of the global surgical workforce consists of non-specialist physicians (general practitioners (GPs)) whose only formal surgical training was in medical school as an undergraduate. However, there is widespread concern that GPs do not have the skills necessary to deliver e...

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Main Authors: D Porter, J Bezuidenhout, R du Toit, A Adefuye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African Medical Association 2018-03-01
Series:South African Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12213/8397