Overseas Volunteerism in Orthopaedic Education

Rovinsky, David; Brown, Holly P.; Coughlin, Richard; Paiement, Guy D.; Bradford, David S.

doi:10.2106/00004623-200003000-00015

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“…6,7 The trauma burden is huge in Kenya due to poor transport and health and safety measures at work. 8 As a result most patients operated on are trauma cases.…”

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The Kenya Orthopaedic Project

Cousins

Obolensky

McAllen

et al. 2012

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

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We report the results of six trauma and orthopaedic projects to Kenya in the last three years. The aims are to deliver both a trauma service and teaching within two hospitals; one a district hospital near Mount Kenya in Nanyuki, the other the largest public hospital in Kenya in Mombasa. The Kenya Orthopaedic Project team consists of a wide range of multidisciplinary professionals that allows the experience to be shared across those specialties. A follow-up clinic is held three months after each mission to review the patients. To our knowledge there are no reported outcomes in the literature for similar projects. A total of 211 operations have been performed and 400 patients seen during the projects. Most cases were fractures of the lower limb; we have been able to follow up 163 patients (77%) who underwent surgical treatment. We reflect on the results so far and discuss potential improvements for future missions.

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“…6,7 The trauma burden is huge in Kenya due to poor transport and health and safety measures at work. 8 As a result most patients operated on are trauma cases.…”

Section: The Kenya Orthopaedic Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Kenya Orthopaedic Project

Cousins

Obolensky

McAllen

et al. 2012

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

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“…Additionally, several surgical residency programs have published detailed descriptions of their global health opportunities [15,21,23,28], including at least one orthopaedic program [11,24]. Prior research has examined the development of global health training opportunities within residency programs across other specialties in the healthcare field and studied the opinions of residency program directors on the topic of international volunteer opportunities for residents [4,13,16,19].…”

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What Is the Current Status of Global Health Activities and Opportunities in US Orthopaedic Residency Programs?

Clement

Clagett

et al. 2013

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Background Interest in developing national health care has been increasing in many fields of medicine, including orthopaedics. One manifestation of this interest has been the development of global health opportunities during residency training. Questions/purposes We assessed global health activities and opportunities in orthopaedic residency in terms of resident involvement, program characteristics, sources of funding and support, partner site relationships and geography, and program director opinions on global health participation and the associated barriers. Methods An anonymous 24-question survey was circulated to all US orthopaedic surgery residency program directors (n = 153) by email. Five reminder emails were distributed over the next 7 weeks. A total of 59% (n = 90) program directors responded. Results Sixty-one percent of responding orthopaedic residencies facilitated clinical experiences in developing countries. Program characteristics varied, but most used clinical rotation or elective time for travel (76%), which most frequently occurred during Postgraduate Year 4 (57%) and was used to provide pediatric (66%) or trauma (60%) care. The majority of programs (59%) provided at least some funding to traveling residents and sent accompanying attendings on all ventures (56%). Travel was most commonly within North America (85%), and 51% of participating programs have established international partner sites although only 11% have hosted surgeons from those partnerships. Sixty-nine percent of residency directors believed global health experiences during residency shape future volunteer efforts, 39% believed such opportunities help attract residents to a training program, and the major

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“…unmet needs [2][3][4][5][6] , whereas critics question the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of these missions 1,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . Few studies have analyzed the tangible impact of global medical mission trips.…”

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