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Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach.

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Donley, DK; Graybill, CK; Fekadu, A; Fitzgerald, TN; Hayton, RA
Published in: J Surg Educ
2018

OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility of a global surgery setting for a transition to practice experience. SETTING: A rural hospital in Malawi, Africa. PARTICIPANTS: A recent graduate of a U.S. general surgery residency program. RESULTS: Fellow performed 305 cases across the surgical disciplines with demonstrated improvements in operative ability. CONCLUSION: The global surgery approach to transition to practice offers a unique opportunity to complement domestic training while providing critical assistance to communities with few surgical providers.

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J Surg Educ

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EISSN

1878-7452

Publication Date

2018

Volume

75

Issue

2

Start / End Page

392 / 396

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Male
  • Malawi
  • Internship and Residency
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Rural
  • Global Health
  • General Surgery
 

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Donley, D. K., Graybill, C. K., Fekadu, A., Fitzgerald, T. N., & Hayton, R. A. (2018). Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach. J Surg Educ, 75(2), 392–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.07.028
Donley, Dustin K., Cassandra K. Graybill, Arega Fekadu, Tamara N. Fitzgerald, and Ryan A. Hayton. “Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach.J Surg Educ 75, no. 2 (2018): 392–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.07.028.
Donley DK, Graybill CK, Fekadu A, Fitzgerald TN, Hayton RA. Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach. J Surg Educ. 2018;75(2):392–6.
Donley, Dustin K., et al. “Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach.J Surg Educ, vol. 75, no. 2, 2018, pp. 392–96. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.07.028.
Donley DK, Graybill CK, Fekadu A, Fitzgerald TN, Hayton RA. Transition to Practice: A Global Surgery Approach. J Surg Educ. 2018;75(2):392–396.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Surg Educ

DOI

EISSN

1878-7452

Publication Date

2018

Volume

75

Issue

2

Start / End Page

392 / 396

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Male
  • Malawi
  • Internship and Residency
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Rural
  • Global Health
  • General Surgery