Surgical volunteerism as a collaborative teaching activity can benefit surgical residents in low-middle income countries
| Autor: | Cassandra K. Graybill, Tamara N. Fitzgerald, Dustin K. Donley, Bradley K. Woods, Arega Fekadu, Ryan A. Hayton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Malawi International Cooperation Subspecialty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Mentorship Nursing Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine business.industry Teaching Middle income countries Capacity building Internship and Residency Mentoring Resident education General Medicine Residency program United States 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine General partnership General Surgery Surgery Educational Measurement Training program business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of surgery (London, England). 48 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9159 |
| Popis: | Surgical care is desperately needed in low-middle income countries (LMIC). Due to small numbers of faculty in local training programs, residents have limited exposure to subspecialists. We describe a teaching activity between visiting surgeons from the U.S. and a residency program in Malawi as an example for how surgeons in high income countries can meaningfully contribute. A short-term education activity was developed where residents participated in a pre-test on pediatric surgical management, lectures, intra-operative instruction, bedside rounds and a post-test. Five residents participated and all intend to practice in sub-Saharan Africa. All residents improved their scores from the pre-test to post-test (mean 44%-91%). The residency program performs approximately 1200 major surgical cases and 800 minor surgical procedures each year, representing a broad range of general surgery. Additionally, the residents encounter a broad range of pathology. Short-term mentorship activities in partnership with an established training program can enhance surgical resident education in LMIC, particularly for subspecialty care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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