Department of Urologic Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Curr Urol Rep. 2011 Apr;12(2):132-6. doi: 10.1007/s11934-011-0171-7.
Collaborative and academic partnerships between institutions in North America and those in resource-limited nations are a burgeoning trend. Leveraging the academic quality and outcomes-based infrastructure of university medical centers to increase surgical capacity in regions where urologic disease burden is immense offers potentially bilateral opportunities. Host institutions benefit from exposure to contemporary surgical approaches, while the surgical volume enables larger-scale collaborative outcome studies and exposure of residents-in-training to rare pathophysiology. This article surveys this growing trend in globalizing health care specific to urology, and the development of a program focused on urologic education at a tertiary referral center in India.
北美机构与资源有限国家的机构之间的合作和学术伙伴关系是一个正在兴起的趋势。利用大学医学中心的学术质量和基于成果的基础设施，增加泌尿科疾病负担巨大的地区的手术能力，提供了潜在的双边机会。接收机构受益于接触到现代手术方法，而手术量使更大规模的合作成果研究和住院医师接触罕见病理生理学成为可能。本文调查了全球化医疗保健在泌尿外科方面的这一增长趋势，并介绍了在印度一家三级转诊中心专注于泌尿外科教育的项目的发展。
