Establishing a field epidemiology elective for medical students in Kenya: A strategy for increasing public health awareness and workforce capacity

• Prif Awduron: Wences Arvelo (Awdur), Zeinab Gura (Awdur), Samuel Amwayi (Awdur), Petra Wiersma (Awdur), Jared Omolo (Awdur), Steven Becknell (Awdur), Donna Jones (Awdur), Dismas Ongore (Awdur), Richard Dicker (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Medical students have limited exposure to field epidemiology, even though will assume public health roles after graduation. We established a 10-week elective in field epidemiology during medical school. Students attended one-week didactic sessions on epidemiology, and nine weeks in field placement s...