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Global medical education partnerships to expand specialty expertise: a case report on building neurology clinical and research capacity

Overview of attention for article published in Human Resources for Health, December 2014
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Title
Global medical education partnerships to expand specialty expertise: a case report on building neurology clinical and research capacity
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Human Resources for Health, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/1478-4491-12-75
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Mark Kaddumukasa, Elly Katabira, Robert A Salata, Marco A Costa, Edward Ddumba, Anthony Furlan, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Moses R Kamya, James Kayima, Chris T Longenecker, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Charles Mondo, Shirley Moore, Svetlana Pundik, Nelson Sewankambo, Daniel I Simon, Kathleen A Smyth, Martha Sajatovic

Abstract

Neurological disorders are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan African, but resources for their management are scarce. Collaborations between training institutions in developed and resource-limited countries can be a successful model for supporting specialty medical education and increasing clinical and research capacity.Case report: This report describes a US National Institute of Health (NIH) funded Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to enhance expertise in neurology, developed between Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH, USA.This collaborative model is based on a successful medical education and research model that has been developed over the past two decades. The Ugandan and US teams have accumulated knowledge and 'lessons learned' that facilitate specialty expertise in cardiovascular and neurological conditions, which are widespread and associated with substantial disability in resource-limited countries. Strengths of the model include a focus on community health care settings and a strong research component. Key elements include strong local leadership; use of remote technology, templates to standardize performance; shared exchanges; mechanisms to optimize sustainability and of dissemination activities that expand impact of the original initiative. Efficient collaborations are further enhanced by external and institutional support, and can be sequentially refined.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Sierra Leone 1 1%
Unknown 87 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 14%
Student > Master 9 10%
Other 6 7%
Student > Postgraduate 6 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Other 22 25%
Unknown 27 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 13%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Psychology 3 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 3%
Other 9 10%
Unknown 33 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

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#15,740,505
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Human Resources for Health
#1,040
of 1,261 outputs
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#194,088
of 359,548 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#17
of 18 outputs
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