Abstract
Objective: Assessment of the effect of the collaborative relationship between the high-income country (HIC) surgical educators of the Alliance for Global Clinical Training (Alliance) and the low-income country surgical educators at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences/Muhimbili National Hospital (MUHAS/MNH), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, on the clinical global surgery training of the HIC surgical residents participating in the program. Design: A retrospective qualitative analysis of Alliance volunteer HIC faculty and residents’ reports, volunteer case lists and the reports of Alliance academic contributions to MUHAS/MNH from 2012 to 2017. In addition, a survey was circulated in late 2016 to all the residents who participated in the program since its inception. Results: Twelve HIC surgical educators provided rotating 1-month teaching coverage at MUHAS/MNH between academic years 2012 and 2017 for a total of 21 months. During the same time period 11 HIC residents accompanied the HIC faculty for 1-month rotations. HIC surgery residents joined the MUHAS/MNH Department of Surgery, made significant teaching contributions, performed a wide spectrum of “open procedures” including hand-sewn intestinal anastomoses. Most had had either no or limited previous exposure to hand-sewn anastomoses. All of the residents commented that this was a maturing and challenging clinical rotation due to the complexity of the cases, the limited resources available and the ethical and emotional challenges of dealing with preventable complications and death in a resource constrained environment. Conclusions: The Alliance provides an effective clinical global surgery rotation at MUHAS/MNH for HIC Surgery Departments wishing to provide such an opportunity for their residents and faculty.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 688-696 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Surgical Education |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2018 |
Keywords
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Medical Knowledge
- Patient Care
- Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- Professionalism
- Systems-Based Practice
- education
- global surgery
- training
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Education