TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE FIELD OF ADDICTION MEDICINE – AN EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING WHILE ABROAD

Autor: PITERMAN L, NORSIAH A, WHELAN G
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Malaysian Family Physician, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 61-63 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1985-207X
1985-2274
Popis: This paper illustrates the training program in the field of Addiction Medicine designed for primary care doctors by the Department of General Practice, School of Primary Care at Monash University in Melbourne. The nine month program was based around coursework, field visits and clinical observations. There were five modules that were completed and passed, twenty six Continuous Medical Education sessions attended, twenty nine field visits on Drug & Alcohol services, forty seven clinical visits and a total of three hundred and sixty clinical observations made. The comprehensive training program has benefited the first author in several ways to improve the Drugs & Alcohol services in Malaysia.
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