| Title |
Designing a Contextually Appropriate Surgical Training Program in Low‐resource Settings: The Botswana Experience
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-012-1731-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dorotea Mutabdzic, Alemayehu G. Bedada, Balisi Bakanisi, Joseph Motsumi, Georges Azzie |
| Abstract |
The global burden of surgical disease and severe shortage of trained surgeons around the world are now widely recognized. The greatest challenge in improving access to surgical care lies in sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of surgeons per population is lowest. One part of the solution may be to create programs to train surgeons locally. We present our experience with an approach to designing a contextually appropriate surgical curriculum in Botswana. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 63 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 38% |
| Unknown | 9 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 59% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Engineering | 2 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 13 | 20% |