Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice
Objective: To strengthen medical trainees around the world on global surgery and advocacy and help develop future generations of global surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and obstetricians. Design: Training Global Surgery Advocates (TGSA), a standardized three-day advocacy workshop developed by the Inte...
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| description | Objective: To strengthen medical trainees around the world on global surgery and advocacy and help develop future generations of global surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and obstetricians.
Design: Training Global Surgery Advocates (TGSA), a standardized three-day advocacy workshop developed by the International Student Surgical Network (InciSioN), was built on traditional didactic lectures, role-play exercises, small working group activities, and advocacy and diplomacy training. Assessment was done using a 5-point Likert scale for 18 components regarding the perceived familiarity, knowledge, and motivation for global surgery.
Setting: The training was given in the context of the pre-general assembly of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) at Université Laval, in Quebec City, Canada.
Participants: Twenty-five participants were selected to attend the workshop from a pool of 52 applicants, of which 14 medical students from 7 high-income countries and 7 low- and middle-income countries.
Results: An average increase of 1.73 points across all 18 workshop components was observed among participants. After the workshop, all participants agreed or strongly agreed (4.64 average) on their motivation to train other medical students in their respective countries to become global surgery advocates.
Conclusion: TGSA significantly improved participants’ knowledge and advocacy skills underlying global surgery. A mixed didactic and hands-on workshop appears to be feasible, enjoyable for participants, and effective in improving medical students involvement in the emerging field of global surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06a9bcc863f947ec8f3afa908b7a897a2022-12-21T20:40:57ZengMcGill UniversityMcGill Journal of Medicine1715-81252020-08-01181Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voiceXiya Ma0Dominique Vervoort1Dan Poenaru2Faculty of Medicine, University of MontrealJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolMontreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health CentreObjective: To strengthen medical trainees around the world on global surgery and advocacy and help develop future generations of global surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and obstetricians. Design: Training Global Surgery Advocates (TGSA), a standardized three-day advocacy workshop developed by the International Student Surgical Network (InciSioN), was built on traditional didactic lectures, role-play exercises, small working group activities, and advocacy and diplomacy training. Assessment was done using a 5-point Likert scale for 18 components regarding the perceived familiarity, knowledge, and motivation for global surgery. Setting: The training was given in the context of the pre-general assembly of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) at Université Laval, in Quebec City, Canada. Participants: Twenty-five participants were selected to attend the workshop from a pool of 52 applicants, of which 14 medical students from 7 high-income countries and 7 low- and middle-income countries. Results: An average increase of 1.73 points across all 18 workshop components was observed among participants. After the workshop, all participants agreed or strongly agreed (4.64 average) on their motivation to train other medical students in their respective countries to become global surgery advocates. Conclusion: TGSA significantly improved participants’ knowledge and advocacy skills underlying global surgery. A mixed didactic and hands-on workshop appears to be feasible, enjoyable for participants, and effective in improving medical students involvement in the emerging field of global surgery.https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/152Educationglobal surgeryglobal health |
| spellingShingle | Xiya Ma Dominique Vervoort Dan Poenaru Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice McGill Journal of Medicine Education global surgery global health |
| title | Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice |
| title_full | Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice |
| title_short | Training global surgery advocates: Strengthening the global surgery voice |
| title_sort | training global surgery advocates strengthening the global surgery voice |
| topic | Education global surgery global health |
| url | https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/152 |
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