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The shortage of adequately prepared health professionals is the most significant threat to world health that we face. This book, a co--publication with The Carter Center, focuses on the training of health professional educators--both teachers and practitioners--in low--resource countries at different levels of technological and material sophistication. This comprehensive book trains health educators and practitioners to improve their pedagogical skills and to increase the quality and numbers of health workers. It also assists physcians, nurses, health officers, medical lab technicians, and environmental technicians to work with different cultures and linguistic groups in any one country. For the growing number of health educators and practitioners in developed countries who teach, research, and practice within the international context, it is an essential resource. Key Features: Preface by former US President Jimmy Carter Offers teaching and learning methods evaluated and field tested through The Carter Center's Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative with positive results in over 500 health care centers Provides both teaching and learning strategies for countries and cultures at different levels of technological and material development Presents research-based theories, evidence--based models, and critical thinking skills through active teaching and learning strategies Highlights faculty leadership in developing interdisciplinary teams and educational outcomes

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Joyce P. Murray, EdD, RN, FAAN, became Director, Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, in 2002, to meet the education and training needs of staff at over 500 new health centers in Ethiopia. A past president of, National League for Nursing, she holds a professorship in nursing, Emory University. Having worked extensively in mental health nursing, curriculum development, leadership and service, she brings a broad portfolio of experience in nursing practice, education and public health to the developing country health science education milieu. Anna Frances Z. Wenger, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Director Emeritus of nursing at Goshen College, Goshen, IN, where she was co-director of study-service terms in Haiti, Nicaragua and Germany. Elizabeth Downes, MPH, MSN, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University and a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in international health. Shelly Terrazas, MBA, MS, is Assistant Director of the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative and Mental Health Liberia Program at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

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