Shahaan S Razak, Timothy R West, Sasha Tunsiricharoengul, Aparna Nair-Kanneganti, Nicole A Perez, Mercy H Mazurek, Zsombor Gal, Julia B Duvall, Grant H Rigney, Ivo H Cerda, Mary M Morcos, Emma Keay, Alejandra Silva Hernández, Michael T Lawton, Brian V Nahed, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Health care providers' exposure to global surgical disparities is limited in current nursing and/or medical school curricula. For instance, global health is often associated with infectious diseases or maternal health without acknowledging the growing need for surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We propose an international virtual hackathon based on neurosurgical patient cases in under-resourced settings as an educational tool to bring awareness to global surgical disparities and develop relationships among trainees in different countries...
June 4, 2024: Neurosurgery