Global medical education partnerships to expand specialty expertise: a case report on building neurology clinical and research capacity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological disorders are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan African, but resources for their management are scarce. Collaborations between training institutions in developed and resource-limited countries can be a successful model for supporting specialty medical education and increasing clinical and research capacity.

Case report

This report describes a US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to enhance expertise in neurology, developed between Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH, USA. This collaborative model is based on a successful medical education and research model that has been

SUBMITTER: Kaddumukasa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4531526 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature