Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future
The six million inhabitants of these diverse English-speaking Caribbean countries are grateful to the University of the West Indies, which has been central in the independent training of surgical specialists in all areas of surgery for the past 50 years. Similar to the per capita income, the quality...
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| description | The six million inhabitants of these diverse English-speaking Caribbean countries are grateful to the University of the West Indies, which has been central in the independent training of surgical specialists in all areas of surgery for the past 50 years. Similar to the per capita income, the quality of surgical care, albeit acceptable, is quite variable throughout the region. Globalization and access to information have revealed that the quality of training and surgical care being delivered can be further improved. Technological advances will perhaps never be on par with higher-income countries, but collaborative ventures with global health partners and institutions can ensure that the people of the region will have appropriately trained surgical doctors and, therefore, the provision of accessible quality care will remain a staple, with even the possibility of income generation. This study reviews the journey of our structured surgical training program delivered in the region and outlines our growth plans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05f02302d0bf4d659270c48136b9f3d82023-06-16T05:15:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Surgery2296-875X2023-06-011010.3389/fsurg.2023.12034901203490Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the futureMark S. Newnham0Dilip Dan1Ravi Maharaj2Joseph Martin Plummer3The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, JamaicaThe University of the West Indies St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoThe University of the West Indies St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoThe University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, JamaicaThe six million inhabitants of these diverse English-speaking Caribbean countries are grateful to the University of the West Indies, which has been central in the independent training of surgical specialists in all areas of surgery for the past 50 years. Similar to the per capita income, the quality of surgical care, albeit acceptable, is quite variable throughout the region. Globalization and access to information have revealed that the quality of training and surgical care being delivered can be further improved. Technological advances will perhaps never be on par with higher-income countries, but collaborative ventures with global health partners and institutions can ensure that the people of the region will have appropriately trained surgical doctors and, therefore, the provision of accessible quality care will remain a staple, with even the possibility of income generation. This study reviews the journey of our structured surgical training program delivered in the region and outlines our growth plans.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1203490/fullsurgical trainingcollaborationassessmentopen surgerylaparoscopy |
| spellingShingle | Mark S. Newnham Dilip Dan Ravi Maharaj Joseph Martin Plummer Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future Frontiers in Surgery surgical training collaboration assessment open surgery laparoscopy |
| title | Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future |
| title_full | Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future |
| title_fullStr | Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future |
| title_short | Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future |
| title_sort | surgical training in the caribbean the past the present and the future |
| topic | surgical training collaboration assessment open surgery laparoscopy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1203490/full |
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