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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A new partnership for anesthesia training in Zambia: Reflections on the first year
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Volume 60, No. 5, Year 2013
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Purpose A new postgraduate anesthesiology residency program has been founded as a North-South partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and Zambia. The project aims to train physician anesthesiologists in Lusaka in an attempt to address the high perioperative mortality associated with anesthesia as well as to provide better professional support for clinical officer anesthesiologists. Principle findings We present a detailed description of our experiences in establishing a new global health partnership and reflect on the outcomes of the first year of the training program. The formal healthcare partnership between the UK and Zambian governments began in 2009. Funded by the UK Department for International Development and managed by the Tropical Health and Education Trust, a four-year postgraduate Masters in Medicine (Anesthesia) degree was offered beginning in 2011. A volunteer faculty of consultant anesthesiologists from the United Kingdom and Canada has provided teaching support. There are plans to improve continuity by using senior UK trainees in Out Of Program attachments. To date, eight postgraduate Zambian doctors have successfully completed the first year of training and progress into their second year. Conclusion On reflection, some of the lessons learned were very specific to local circumstances and could have been appreciated only after starting the program - flexibility and responsiveness early in the program have been very necessary. Nonetheless, our findings enhance existing knowledge about establishing and conducting global health partnerships in anesthesia. © Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society 2013.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kinnear, John A.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Anglia Ruskin University
United Kingdom, Southend-on-sea
Mid and South Essex Nhs Foundation Trust
Bould, Matthew Dylan
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Canada, Ottawa
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa
Ismailova, Feruza
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Measures, Emily
Zambia, Lusaka
Tropical Health and Education Trust
United Kingdom, London
Tropical Health and Education Trust Thet
Statistics
Citations: 27
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s12630-013-9905-y
ISSN:
0832610X
e-ISSN:
14968975
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Zambia