Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SCHOFIELD, F. D.
Right arrow Articles by MULLER, A. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SCHOFIELD, F. D.
Right arrow Articles by MULLER, A. S.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1973 Oxford University Press

research-article

Epidemiology in the Undergraduate Curriculum of an African Medical School

F. D. SCHOFIELD1, and A. S. MULLER2

1 World Health Organization Teacher; Professor and Head Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Kenyatta National Hospital P. O. 30588, Nairobi, Kenya
2Epidemiologist Medical Research Centre Nairobi Department of the Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam, Netherlands

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Prof. F. D. Schofield.

The work expected of most young medical graduates in Kenya requires certain epidemiological knowledge and skills. The educational objectives drawn up for the teaching of epidemiology in Nairobi are outlined, and the curriculum and methods described. The success and failures in the first six years of teaching are discussed.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.