Educating enough competent health professionals: advancing educational innovation at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania

Ephata E Kaaya; Sarah B Macfarlane; Charles A Mkony; Eligius F Lyamuya; Helen Loeser; Phyllis Freeman; Edward K Kirumira; Kisali Pallangyo; Haile T Debas

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001284

Educating enough competent health professionals: advancing educational innovation at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania

PLoS Med. 2012;9(8):e1001284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001284. Epub 2012 Aug 14.

Authors

Ephata E Kaaya¹, Sarah B Macfarlane, Charles A Mkony, Eligius F Lyamuya, Helen Loeser, Phyllis Freeman, Edward K Kirumira, Kisali Pallangyo, Haile T Debas

Affiliation

¹ Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Abstract

Sarah MacFarlane and colleagues share their lessons engaging in educational reform and faculty development with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania and the University of California San Francisco.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Allied Health Personnel / education*
Allied Health Personnel / organization & administration*
Education, Graduate / organization & administration*
Health Care Reform / organization & administration
Humans
Organizational Innovation
Professional Competence*
Tanzania
Universities / organization & administration*

Grants and funding

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation #51436. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.