McQuilkin Patricia A, Niescierenko Michelle, Beddoe Ann Marie, Goentzel Jarrod, Graham Elinor A, Henwood Patricia C, Rehwaldt Lise, Teklu Sisay, Tupesis Janis, Marshall Roseda
P.A. McQuilkin is director, Pediatric Global Health, and associate professor of pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-9812-1932. M. Niescierenko is director, Global Health, Boston Children's Hospital, and instructor in emergency medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. A.M. Beddoe is director, Global Women's Health, and assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, New York. J. Goentzel leads the Humanitarian Response Lab, Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts; ORCID: http://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-5689-300X. E.A. Graham is associate professor emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. P.C. Henwood is assistant director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and instructor in emergency medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. L. Rehwaldt is assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, New York, and director, Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program, Liberian Post Graduate Medical College, Monrovia, Liberia. S. Teklu is associate professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Emergency Medicine, Addis Ababa University School of Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. J. Tupesis is graduate medical education liaison and professor of emergency medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin. R. Marshall is president, Liberian Post Graduate Medical College, Monrovia, Liberia.
Acad Med. 2017 Dec;92(12):1674-1679. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001959.
During the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa (2014-2016), many faculty, staff, and trainees from U.S. academic medical centers (i.e., teaching hospitals and their affiliated medical schools; AMCs) wished to contribute to the response to the outbreak, but many barriers prevented their participation. Here, the authors describe a successful long-term academic collaboration in Liberia that facilitated participation in the EVD response. This Perspective outlines the role the authors played in the response (providing equipment and training, supporting the return of medical education), the barriers they faced (logistical and financial), and elements that contributed to their success (partnering and coordinating their response with both U.S. and African institutions). There is a paucity of literature discussing the role of AMCs in disaster response, so the authors discuss the lessons learned and offer suggestions about the responsibilities that AMCs have and the roles they can play in responding to disaster situations.
在西非埃博拉病毒病（EVD）疫情期间（2014 - 2016年），美国学术医疗中心（即教学医院及其附属医学院；AMC）的许多教职员工和学员都希望为应对疫情做出贡献，但诸多障碍阻碍了他们的参与。在此，作者描述了在利比里亚开展的一次成功的长期学术合作，该合作促进了对埃博拉病毒病疫情应对工作的参与。这篇观点文章概述了作者在应对工作中所发挥的作用（提供设备和培训、支持医学教育回归）、所面临的障碍（后勤和资金方面）以及促成其成功的因素（与美国和非洲机构合作并协调应对工作）。目前关于学术医疗中心在灾难应对中作用的文献较少，因此作者讨论了所吸取的经验教训，并就学术医疗中心应承担的责任以及在应对灾难情况时可发挥的作用提出了建议。
