Systematic review of postgraduate surgical education in low-and middle-income countries

J Rickard - World journal of surgery, 2016 - Springer
Surgical care is recognized as an important component of public health, however, many low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) are faced with a shortage of trained personnel. In …

[HTML][HTML] A historical perspective on the introduction of laparoscopic basic surgical training in the Caribbean and factors that contribute to sustainability of such training

M Parker, MJ Ramdass, S Cawich, PFS Oen… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To report the development of minimally invasive training courses and workshops
in the Caribbean and specifically the establishment of the Basic Surgical Skills Course of the …

Advancement of laparoscopic surgery in Guyana: a working model for developing countries

SO Cawich, C Mahadeo, M Rambaran… - Advances in Medical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the late 20th century, the volume and complexity of laparoscopic operations being
performed have increased worldwide. However, surgical practice lagged behind in the …

Capacity-building partnerships for surgical post-graduate training in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature with exploratory thematic …

M Voss, O Swart, L Abel… - Health Policy and Planning, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, international surgical programmes have moved away from vertical service
delivery and towards collaborative, capacity-building partnerships. The aim of this review …

[HTML][HTML] The Canada-Guyana medical education partnership: using videoconferencing to supplement post-graduate medical education among internal medicine …

W Stokes, S Ruzycki, R Jainarine… - Canadian Medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background A Guyana-based, internal medicine (IM) post-graduate medical education
program was established in 2013. However, lack of formal teaching sessions are barriers to …

[HTML][HTML] An examination of Eyal & Hurst's (2008) framework for promoting retention in resource-poor settings through locally-relevant training: A case study for the …

AJ Prashad, BH Cameron, M McConnell… - Canadian Medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Eyal and Hurst proposed that locally relevant medical education can offset the
prevalence of physician “brain drain” in resource-poor regions of the world, and presented a …

[HTML][HTML] Guyana's paediatric training program: a global health partnership for medical education

L Cameron, JC Johnstone, A Sparman… - Canadian Medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Guyana is a low-middle income country on the northern coast of South America between
Venezuela and Suriname. Guyana has relatively high child mortality and a notable gap in …

Surgical training in low-resource settings

R Klein, A Park - Global Surgery: The Essentials, 2017 - Springer
Building on the historical resolve of the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Health
Association (WHA) mandates, this chapter offers perspective on delivery, in its many …