TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing neurosurgical education in low- and middle-income countries
T2 - Current methods and new advances
AU - Liang, Kevin E.
AU - Bernstein, Ilia
AU - Kato, Yoko
AU - Kawase, Takeshi
AU - Hodaie, Mojgan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Japan Neurosurgical Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a critical shortage of basic surgical services. Adequate neurosurgical services can have a far-reaching positive impact on society’s health care and, consequently, the economic development in LMICs. Yet surgery, and specifically neurosurgery has been a long neglected sector of global health. This article reviews the current efforts to enhance neurosurgery education in LMICs and outlines ongoing approaches for improvement. In addition, we introduce the concept of a sustainable and cost-effective model to enhance neurosurgical resources in LMICs and describe the process and methods of online curriculum development.
AB - Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a critical shortage of basic surgical services. Adequate neurosurgical services can have a far-reaching positive impact on society’s health care and, consequently, the economic development in LMICs. Yet surgery, and specifically neurosurgery has been a long neglected sector of global health. This article reviews the current efforts to enhance neurosurgery education in LMICs and outlines ongoing approaches for improvement. In addition, we introduce the concept of a sustainable and cost-effective model to enhance neurosurgical resources in LMICs and describe the process and methods of online curriculum development.
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U2 - 10.2176/nmc.ra.2016-0092
DO - 10.2176/nmc.ra.2016-0092
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27616319
AN - SCOPUS:84995577321
SN - 0470-8105
VL - 56
SP - 709
EP - 715
JO - neurologia medico-chirurgica
JF - neurologia medico-chirurgica
IS - 11
ER -