Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

In Guinea Bissau, the majority of university level professionals are still being trained abroad and most of them do not return to their country. This was a major incentive for creating Guinea Bissau’s Medical School.
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The training and professional expectations of medical students in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.

Autores: Carvalho AP, Roman F, Alves-Pires C, Alho A, Rolim JL, Bahia MT, Roman F, Baptista MC, Bahia MT
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+training+and+professional+expectations+of+medical+students+in+Angola%2C+Guinea-Bissau+and+Mozambique

BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the professional expectations of medical students during the 2007-2008 academic year at the public medical schools of Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, and to identify their social and geographical origins, their professional expectations and difficulties relating to their education and professional future.
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The human resource for health situation in Zambia: deficit and maldistribution.

Autores: Alves-Pires C, Alho A, Nunes-Pereira M, Rolão N
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+human+resource+for+health+situation+in+Zambia%3A+deficit+and+maldistribution

INTRODUCTION:
Current health policy directions in Zambia are formulated in the National Health Strategic Plan. The Plan focuses on national health priorities, which include the human resources (HR) crisis.
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The experience of medical training and expectations regarding future medical practice of medical students in the Cuban-supported Medical School in Timor-Leste

Autores: Carvalho AP, Alho A, Carvalho A
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379599/

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Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

Autores: Alho A, Bahia MT, Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira JM, Almeida LM
Link: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/26/heapol.czt071

Scarce evidence exists on the features, determinants and implications of physicians’ dual practice, especially in resource-poor settings. This study considered dual practice patterns in three African cities and the respective markets for physician services, with the objective of understanding the influence of local determinants on the practice.
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