Bullying among medical students and doctors in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih^{1

2

3}, Alok Mehta⁴, Paul Mwindekuma Wondoh^{2

3

5}, Akash Mehta⁶, Alexandros Siokos⁶, Theophilus Adjeso^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
³ International Student Surgical Network, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Croydon University Hospital, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.

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Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih et al. Singapore Med J. 2024.

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. 2024 Apr 29.

doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-281. Online ahead of print.

Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih^{1

2

3}, Alok Mehta⁴, Paul Mwindekuma Wondoh^{2

3

5}, Akash Mehta⁶, Alexandros Siokos⁶, Theophilus Adjeso^{2

7}

¹ Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
³ International Student Surgical Network, Ghana.
⁴ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Croydon University Hospital, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.

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