Academic Global Surgery

ISBN-13: 9783319142975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 144 str.

Mamta Swaroop; Sanjay Krishnaswami

Opis

This seventh book in the series of Success in Academic Surgery look to sustain the field and facilitate the next generation of leaders in Academic Global Surgery. It brings together a catalogue of current knowledge, needs, and pathways to a career in the field. Academic Global Surgery involves educational, research and clinical collaborations between academic humanitarian surgeons in high-income countries (HIC), their low and middle-income country (LMIC) partners and their respective academic institutions. The goal of these collaborations is improving understanding of surgical disease, and increasing access to and capacity for surgical care in resource-poor regions. In the last few years, the rapid exchange of ideas through social media and other technologies has combined with an increasing appreciation of worldwide health disparities to put the issue of global health at the forefront of our consciousness. Although traditionally neglected within public health initiatives, surgical disease is now recognized as a major contributor to death and disability worldwide, while surgical therapy in resource-poor areas is increasingly being shown to be cost-effective. In response to this growing recognition, what began as mission trips and short-term clinical volunteerism in the developing world has evolved into a burgeoning new field with a broader scope. While the tremendous recent interest from medical students and residents in Global Surgery has stimulated an exponential growth of interest in this field, current surgical literature has highlighted the need for further development and delineation of this new discipline within academic surgery.

Spis treści

Part 1. General Considerations.- 1. Global Burden of Surgical Disease and the Role of Academia.- 2. Promoting, Developing, and Sustaining Academic Global Surgery Programs.-3. Ethics in Global Surgery.- Part 2. Career.- 4. Preparing and Sustaining Your Career in Academic Global Surgery.- 5. Balancing Global Surgery with Traditional Career and Life Demands.- Part 3. Clinical.- 6. Guidelines and Parameters for Ideal Short-Term Interactions: Disaster Relief.- 7. How to Set Up for an Ideal Long Term Clinical Interaction.- Part 4. Research.- 8. Current Research Needs and Priorities.- 9. Research Methods Appropriate and Applicable to Global Surgery.- 10. Funding for Global Surgical Programs.- Part 5. Education.- 11. Developing Educational Opportunities for Trainees on Both Sides.- 12. The Role of Educational Research in the Global Setting.- Part 6. Resources.- 13. Tools Useful for the Academic Global Surgeon.

Blurb

This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. 

Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the educational, research and clinical collaborations needed to enhance understanding of surgical disease and improve surgical care worldwide. This source of current knowledge is the perfect tool for both students and young surgeons interested in a career in Academic Global Surgery, as well as those who wish to simply further their knowledge in this field.