Surgical mentorship in low-resource environments: Opportunities and challenges, a perspective.

Autor: Awuah WA; Faculty of Medicine Sumy State University Sumy Ukraine., Tan JK; Faculty of Medicine University of St Andrews St. Andrews UK., Bharadwaj HR; Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health The University of Manchester Manchester UK., Aderinto N; Internal Medicine Department LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso Nigeria., Ferreira T; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge Cambridge UK., Patel H; Faculty of Medicine Nova Southeastern University Dr Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Davie Florida USA., Shah MH; School of Medicine Queen's University Belfast Belfast UK., Kapoor AA; Internal Medicine Department B.J. Medical College Ahmedabad India., Banerjee S; Department of Medicine Burdwan Medical College and Hospital Barddhaman West Bengal India., Abdul-Rahman T; Faculty of Medicine Sumy State University Sumy Ukraine., Atallah O; Department of Neurosurgery Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health science reports [Health Sci Rep] 2024 Jul 30; Vol. 7 (8), pp. e2258. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 30 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.2258
Abstrakt: Background and Aims: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a shortage of skilled surgical practitioners hampers healthcare delivery, impacting well-being and economic growth. Surgical mentorship programs offer a promising solution but face challenges in implementation. This review aims to comprehensively assess the impact of surgical mentorship programs in LMICs and identify challenges and opportunities for their development and implementation.
Methods: A thorough literature search was conducted from 2000 to 2023 using multiple databases, focusing on surgical mentorship programs in LMICs. Inclusion criteria encompassed full-text articles in English that demonstrated characteristics of mentorship. Rigorous exclusion criteria were applied to ensure high-quality evidence inclusion.
Results: Surgical mentorship programs in LMICs strengthen local surgical capacity, improve surgical skills and patient outcomes, optimize resources and technology utilization, and positively impact medical students aspiring to be surgeons. However, challenges such as resistance to change, resource limitations, financial constraints, logistical and technological challenges, and time constraints hinder their implementation.
Conclusion: Despite challenges, surgical mentorship programs hold promise for enhancing surgical capacity and healthcare quality in LMICs. Standardized metrics for accountability, innovative funding mechanisms, collaborative partnerships for scalability, interdisciplinary integration, and leveraging virtual mentorship programs are key strategies to overcome challenges and foster sustainable learning cultures, ultimately contributing to improved healthcare equity and quality in low-resource settings.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
(© 2024 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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