McCauley Mary, Amado Yohannes, van den Broek Nynke
1 Senior Clinical Research Associate, Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
2 Health Programme Manager, Voluntary Service Overseas, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Trop Doct. 2018 Oct;48(4):330-334. doi: 10.1177/0049475518794723. Epub 2018 Aug 20.
Many skilled medical professionals from high-income countries volunteer to work in poor-resource settings. There is, however, little research to assess the views and experiences of such healthcare providers. Our study sought to explore this among Voluntary Service Overseas volunteers working in Ethiopia for one year. An online survey was distributed to all returned international medical volunteers one year after their return to their base country. Most felt that they had impacted the local community in which they worked and reported a positive experience, recommending this to friends or family, but there was a small subgroup whose experience was otherwise. We believe there is a need for more comprehensive, systematic and robust monitoring in order to evaluate the outcomes of medical volunteers' placements.
许多来自高收入国家的技术精湛的医学专业人员志愿到资源匮乏地区工作。然而，几乎没有研究来评估这类医疗服务提供者的观点和经历。我们的研究旨在对在埃塞俄比亚工作一年的海外志愿服务志愿者进行这方面的探索。在所有回国的国际医疗志愿者回到本国一年后，开展了一项在线调查。大多数人认为他们对工作所在的当地社区产生了影响，并报告了积极的经历，还向朋友或家人推荐了这项工作，但有一小部分人的经历并非如此。我们认为有必要进行更全面、系统和有力的监测，以便评估医疗志愿者工作安排的成果。
