TY - JOUR
T1 - Loma Linda Global Surgery Elective: First 1,000 Cases
AU - Donley, Dustin K.
AU - Graybill, Cassandra K.
AU - Leta, Arega F.
AU - Hayton, Ryan A.
N1 - The world desperately needs well-trained general surgeons to care for the billions of people who lack access to safe surgery. Since 2012, Loma Linda University has been sending general surgery residents to a rural mission hospital in Malawi, Africa. We report the first 1,000 ACGME-accredited cases performed by these residents.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Objective To determine the nature and volume of surgical cases being performed by US general surgery residents during a global surgery elective. Design Retrospective review of case logs from 2012 to 2016. Setting Malamulo Mission Hospital is a rural hospital in southern Malawi. Participants Rotating residents from a US-based general surgery residency program. Results Residents performed 12 cases per week from a variety of surgical disciplines. Conclusion Global surgery rotations with dedicated faculty can provide excellent surgical variety and volume to enhance the training of residents.
AB - Objective To determine the nature and volume of surgical cases being performed by US general surgery residents during a global surgery elective. Design Retrospective review of case logs from 2012 to 2016. Setting Malamulo Mission Hospital is a rural hospital in southern Malawi. Participants Rotating residents from a US-based general surgery residency program. Results Residents performed 12 cases per week from a variety of surgical disciplines. Conclusion Global surgery rotations with dedicated faculty can provide excellent surgical variety and volume to enhance the training of residents.
UR - https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(17)30827-X/fulltext
UR - http://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(17)30827-X/fulltext
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f8955c95-c738-350f-b576-375d052631bd/
U2 - 10.1016/J.JAMCOLLSURG.2017.07.232
DO - 10.1016/J.JAMCOLLSURG.2017.07.232
M3 - Article
VL - 225
SP - S105
JO - Journal of The American College of Surgeons
JF - Journal of The American College of Surgeons
IS - 4
ER -