Survey of surgical training and experience of associate clinicians compared with medical officers to understand task‐shifting in a low‐income country
Background A workforce crisis exists in global surgery. One solution is task‐shifting, the delegation of surgical tasks to non‐physician clinicians or associate clinicians (ACs). Although several studies have shown that ACs have similar postoperative outcomes compared with physicians, little is know...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019-10-01
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| Series: | BJS Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50184 |