Background Fostering the success of surgical trainees from low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) plausibly addresses the existing workforce deficit in a sustainable …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 704–711 Context Medical students increasingly wish to
participate in international health electives (IHEs). The authors undertook to understand from …

The increase in global health opportunities in medical education has been accompanied by
calls for ethical and reciprocal institutional partnerships. The Working Group on Ethics …

Background Global health (GH) electives are on the rise, but with little consensus on the
need or content of pre-departure training (PDT) or post-return debriefing (PRD) for electives …

The authors argue that attempts to establish more placements to meet the growing demands
of undergraduate medical students in North America for international experiences may be …

Purpose The purpose of this paper was to determine the complementarity between the
Canadian Medical Education Directions for Specialists (CanMEDS) physician competency …

Abstract Background/Purpose A uniquely Ugandan method of holding surgical “camps” has
been one means to deal with the volume of patients needing surgery and provides …

Materials and Methods: A search strategy of multiple databases returned 3,740 unique
articles pertaining to HIC surgical resident motivations for participating in rotations in LMICs …

在世界日益增长的人口中， 近 50 亿人无法获得安全、 方便和公平的外科护理，
它导致数百万人因常见疾病的外科手术治疗残疾或死亡。 外科手术从业人员的严重短缺 …

Background: Although efforts have been made to address the inequities of surgical care
globally, to our knowledge, there has been no comprehensive analysis of orthopaedic …