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. 2020 May 6:taaa071. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa071
Should international medical electives to resource-poor countries continue during COVID-19?
David McMaster
1,✉, Munashe Veremu
2, Kpanna M Jonas
3
David McMaster, BSc
1
University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2UH
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Munashe Veremu, BSc
2
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London Malta Campus, Malta
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Kpanna M Jonas, Diploma
3
Hôpital Ophthalmologique Saint André de Tinré, Parakou, Benin
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1
University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2UH
2
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London Malta Campus, Malta
3
Hôpital Ophthalmologique Saint André de Tinré, Parakou, Benin
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Corresponding author: David McMaster, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2UH, mzydhm@nottingham.ac.uk
Received 2020 Apr 24; Revised 2020 Apr 29; Accepted 2020 May 2.
Keywords: medical education, global health, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, pandemic preparedness
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