Medical Student Surgery Elective in Rural Haiti: A Novel Approach to Satisfying Clerkship Requirements While Providing Surgical Care to an Underserved Population

摘要

Background The addition of global health programs to medical school training results in graduates with enhanced clinical skills and increased sensitivity to cost issues. Funding from U.S. medical schools has been unable to meet student demand, and therefore it is often a critical limiting factor to the lack of development of these programs. We describe an alternative approach for global health surgical training for medical students.