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Potential for the specialty of Family Medicine in Botswana: a discussion paper
(AOSIS; http://www.aosis.co.za/publishing, 2012-10-31)
Family Medicine is developing rapidly as a medical and academic specialty in sub-Saharan Africa. The multifactorial policy drivers are not well described, but include population health needs, the World Health Organisation’s ...
Rural exposure during medical education and student preference for future practice location - a case of Botswana
(AOSIS; http://aosis.co.za/, 2016-06-10)
Background: Botswana’s medical school graduated its first class in 2014. Given the importance of attracting doctors to rural areas the school incorporated rural exposure throughout its curriculum.
Aim: This study explored ...
The effectiveness of the South African Triage Toll use in Mahalapye District Hospital – Emergency Department, Botswana
(AOSIS, http://aosis.co.za/, 2016)
Background: The study aimed to determine the proportion of each priority level of patients, time of performance in each priority level, and the reliability of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) tool at the Mahalapye ...
New family medicine residency training programme: residents’ perspectives from the University of Botswana
(AOSIS, http://aosis.co.za/, 2016)
Background: Family Medicine (FM) training is new in Botswana. No previous evaluation of the experiences and opinions of residents of the University of Botswana (UB) Family Medicine training programme has been reported.
Aims: ...
Use of abbreviations and acronyms among healthcare workers in a resource limited setting
(Insight Medical Publishing, http://www.imedpub.com/, 2017-05-10)
Context: Abbreviations and acronyms (A&A) are commonly used in both general and clinical settings to simplify and facilitate communication as well as means of saving time, space and effort. However, the use of abbreviations ...