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Educational Benefits for Local Healthcare Providers Participating in a Short-Term International Humanitarian Medical Training Program

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Rooney AC, Sonya Malekzadeh, Richard Wagner and Michael Hoa

Objective: To determine educational benefits for physicians abroad who participated in a United States-based medical mission training program in otologic pathology and surgery. Methods: The sample population included physicians from Peru and Paraguay who participated as trainees in a humanitarian program through the Global ENT Outreach organization. A written survey was distributed to 12 Peruvian participants after a temporal bone course in which surgical anatomy and operative procedures of the ear were taught. The survey was also emailed to 164 physicians who participated in the same temporal bone course in Peru and Paraguay in years past. The Kirkpatrick model for evaluating a training program was used as a guide for survey development. Participants rated their satisfaction with the t... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8785.1000352

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