An innovative paradigm for surgical education programs in resource-limited settings | Zendy

Dan Deckelbaum | Zendy; Alexandre Gosselin-Tardif | Zendy; Georges Ntakiyiruta | Zendy; Sender Liberman | Zendy; Melina C. Vassiliou | Zendy; Emile Rwamasirabo | Zendy; Emmanuel Gasakure | Zendy; Paola Fata | Zendy; Kosar Khwaja | Zendy; Tarek Razek | Zendy; Patrick Kyamanywa | Zendy

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An innovative paradigm for surgical education programs in resource-limited settings

Author(s) -

Dan Deckelbaum,

Alexandre Gosselin-Tardif,

Georges Ntakiyiruta,

Sender Liberman,

Melina C. Vassiliou,

Emile Rwamasirabo,

Emmanuel Gasakure,

Paola Fata,

Kosar Khwaja,

Tarek Razek,

Patrick Kyamanywa

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.001514

Subject(s) - medicine , general partnership , economic shortage , workforce , resource (disambiguation) , medical education , economic growth , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , finance , government (linguistics) , computer science , economics

The burden of surgical disease in low-income countries remains significant, in part owing to continued surgical workforce shortages. We describe a successful paradigm to expand Rwandan surgical capacity through the implementation of a surgical education partnership between the National University of Rwanda and the Centre for Global Surgery at the McGill University Health Centre. Key considerations for such a program are highlighted.

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