TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical volunteerism as a collaborative teaching activity can benefit surgical residents in low-middle income countries
AU - Hayton, Ryan A.
AU - Donley, Dustin K.
AU - Fekadu, Arega
AU - Woods, Bradley K.
AU - Graybill, Cassandra K.
AU - Fitzgerald, Tamara N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Capacity building
KW - Global health training
KW - Global surgery
KW - Surgery in Malawi
KW - Surgical partnerships
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.589
DO - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.589
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 29017863
SN - 1743-9191
VL - 48
SP - 34
EP - 37
JO - International Journal of Surgery
JF - International Journal of Surgery
ER -