Building a global surgery initiative through evaluation, collaboration, and training: The massachusetts general hospital experience

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e21-e28

  Chao, Tiffany E ^a   Riesel, Johanna N ^a   Anderson, Geoffrey A ^a   Mullen, John T ^a   Doyle, Jennifer ^a   Briggs, Susan M ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a   Goldstein, Chris ^b   Kitya, David ^c   Cusack, James C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kartis Inc ^*  (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

academic global surgery; cross country collaboration; global surgery; LMIC partnership; mapping; surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; WORK; WORK EXPERIENCE; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASSACHUSETTS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA;

CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASSACHUSETTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84931473198     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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