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- Title
Establishing a surgical partnership between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Toronto, Canada.
- Authors
Cadotte, David W.; Blankstein, Michael; Bekele, Abebe; Dessalegn, Selamu; Pain, Clare; Derbew, Miliard; Bernstein, Mark; Howard, Andrew
- Abstract
Background: Academic partnerships between high- and low/middle-income countries can improve the quality of surgical education and health care delivery in each setting. We report the perceived needs related to collaborative surgical education in a resource-limited setting. Methods:We used qualitative methods to elicit the opinions of surgical faculty members and surgical residents and quantitative methods to outline surgical procedure type and volume. Results: Ethiopian faculty members identified the management of trauma and emergency surgical care as a priority. They identified supervision in the operating room (OR), topic-specific lectures and supervising resident assessments in the clinic as appropriate roles for partners. Residents were in agreement with faculty members, highlighting a desire for supervision in the OR and topic-specific lectures. Conclusion:We present specific experiences and needs of a surgical teaching unit in a low-income country, paving the way to form a meaningful and responsive relationship between 2 surgical departments in 2 universities.
- Subjects
ADDIS Ababa (Ethiopia); TORONTO (Ont.); CANADA; MEDICAL partnership; SURGICAL education; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 2013, Vol 56, Issue 3, pE19
- ISSN
0008-428X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1503/cjs.027011