Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Appropriate training and retention of community doctors in rural areas: a case study from Mali | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Appropriate training and retention of community doctors in rural areas a case study from Mali Monique Van Dormael 1 Sylvie Dugas1 2 Yacouba Kone3 Seydou Coulibaly3 Mansour Sy3 Bruno Marchal1 and Dominique Desplats4 Address institute of Tropical Medicine Public Health Department 155 Nationalestraat 2000 Antwerp Belgium 2Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales 2 boulevard Murat BP 3840 53030 Laval cédex 9 France 3Santé Sud BPE686 Bamako Mali and 4Santé Sud 200 Boulevard National Le Gyptis Batiment N 13003 Marseille France Email Monique Van Dormael - mvdormael@ Sylvie Dugas - Sylvie-dugas@ Yacouba Kone - yacoukone2002@ Seydou Coulibaly - santesud@ Mansour Sy - santesud@ Bruno Marchal - bmarchal@ Dominique Desplats - santesud@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 18 November 2008 Received 22 January 2008 Accepted 18 November 2008 Human Resources for Health 2008 6 25 doi l478-449l-6-25 This article is available from http content 6 l 25 2008 Van Dormael et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background While attraction of doctors to rural settings is increasing in Mali there is concern for their retention. An orientation course for young practicing rural doctors was set up in 2003 by a professional association and a NGO. The underlying assumption was that rurally relevant training would strengthen doctors competences and self-confidence improve job satisfaction and consequently contribute to retention. Methods Programme evaluation .