Pitt Michael B, Gladding Sophia P, Majinge Charles R, Butteris Sabrina M
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Dodoma Christian Medical Centre Trust, Dodoma, United Republic of Tanzania.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2016 Mar 14;3:2333794X16630671. doi: 10.1177/2333794X16630671. eCollection 2016.
As US residency programs are increasingly offering global health electives for their trainees, there is a growing call for these opportunities to include bidirectional exchanges-where residents from both the US and international partner institutions rotate at the other's site. Curricular, logistical, and funding challenges of hosting residents from an international site may be barriers to developing these programs. In this report, the authors describe an 8-year experience of a US institution hosting residents from a resource-limited international partner and provide a framework for others institutions to develop bidirectional exchanges. They also report the visiting international residents' perceptions of the impact of the exchange on their clinical practice, teaching, career paths, and their home institution.
随着美国住院医师培训项目越来越多地为学员提供全球健康选修课，人们越来越呼吁这些机会应包括双向交流——即美国和国际合作机构的住院医师在对方机构轮转。接待来自国际机构的住院医师所面临的课程、后勤和资金挑战，可能会成为开展这些项目的障碍。在本报告中，作者描述了一家美国机构接待来自资源有限的国际合作机构住院医师的8年经历，并为其他机构开展双向交流提供了一个框架。他们还报告了来访的国际住院医师对交流对其临床实践、教学、职业道路以及他们本国机构的影响的看法。
