Department of Dermatology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 19107, USA.
Dermatol Clin. 2011 Jan;29(1):63-7. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2010.09.001.
In 2008, the American Academy of Dermatology began sponsoring North American dermatology residents to travel to Botswana in sub-Saharan Africa and spend 4 to 6 weeks working with the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, the Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative, Princess Marina Hospital, and surrounding smaller district hospitals. During their time in Botswana, the residents staff the busy outpatient dermatology clinic and see adult and pediatric inpatients at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital city. The residents also travel to 4 rural hospitals to provide clinical services to patient and education to local health care providers. The program goals include providing direct care to the people of Botswana, capacity-building through dermatologic education for local clinicians, and educating the residents about delivering dermatologic care in resource-limited and culturally diverse settings and using teledermatology consulting services. Since the start of the program, more than 1500 patients have been seen, and 35 residents would have completed the program by the end of 2010.
2008 年，美国皮肤科学会开始资助北美皮肤科住院医师前往撒哈拉以南非洲的博茨瓦纳，并与博茨瓦纳-宾夕法尼亚伙伴关系、贝勒国际儿科艾滋病倡议、玛丽娜公主医院以及周边较小的地区医院合作，工作 4 至 6 周。在博茨瓦纳期间，住院医师负责繁忙的皮肤科门诊，并在首都哈博罗内的玛丽娜公主医院为成年和儿科住院患者提供服务。住院医师还前往 4 家农村医院，为患者提供临床服务并向当地医疗服务提供者提供教育。该计划的目标包括为博茨瓦纳人民提供直接护理，通过皮肤科教育为当地临床医生提供能力建设，并教育住院医师在资源有限和文化多样的环境中提供皮肤科护理以及使用远程皮肤病咨询服务。自该计划启动以来，已经有 1500 多名患者接受了治疗，到 2010 年底，将有 35 名住院医师完成该计划。
