Carlo A Canepa,Kaleigh A Stabenau
Carlo A Canepa
The current missions to Low Earth Orbit do not require surgical intervention or training owing to fast evacuation times to Earth. Long mission durations to the Moon, Mars, and beyond will require increased surgical training and capabilities...
Margaux Powell,Jordan Taylor,Mary Ann Hopkins
Margaux Powell
Humankind's historical footprint on the continent of Antarctica now spans nearly 130 years. Since the first expedition, surgical care has remained both a necessity and a challenge. Residence in Antarctica is made difficult by unforgiving te...
Innovation in Surgical Education and Increasing the Surgical Workforce [0.03%]
外科教育创新及外科 workforce 增长制度改革
Divya Kewalramani,Mayur Narayan
Divya Kewalramani
The global shortage of surgeons threatens health care systems, especially in resource-limited areas. This synopsis explores modernizing surgical education by shifting from traditional apprenticeship models to competency-based training suppo...
The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations and Faith-Based Organizations in Global Surgery [0.03%]
非政府组织和基于信仰的组织在全球外科界的作用
Nardeen B Dawood,Anwar S Seidu,Beth R Hochman
Nardeen B Dawood
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) play a major role in decreasing the global burden of surgical disease. NGO and FBO assignments vary by their degree of permanence, cultural integration, locations, an...
Nia Zalamea,Martin Fleming,Maria Cecilia Tagle Leyson
Nia Zalamea
Surgical education and training may be informed by local cultural and professional norms and varies worldwide. However, the establishment of defined criteria for training in surgical education provides the foundation for credentialing and l...
Hunter J Faris,Christopher D Biedrzycki,William S Johnson
Hunter J Faris
Battlefield medicine has continuously evolved, driven by the challenges of war. From Civil War field hospitals to mobile surgical units in World Wars and Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units, early stabilization and rapid patient movement ha...
Hebah M Ismail
Hebah M Ismail
Over 1 million preventable deaths occur each year because of insufficient access to emergency and essential surgical and anesthetic care. Austere environments, such as low-income and middle-income countries, isolated and confined environmen...
Brian Diskin,Mary Ann Hopkins
Brian Diskin
Global surgery is an emerging field aimed at improving surgical care access and achieving health equity, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LIMCs). Despite misconceptions, surgical procedures can be cost-effective and ess...
Benjamin D Shogan
Benjamin D Shogan
Paul J Schenarts
Paul J Schenarts