Abraham Mackenzie N, Abraham Peter J, Chen Herbert, Hendershot Kimberly M
School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Am J Surg. 2020 Aug;220(2):271-273. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.11.021. Epub 2019 Nov 11.
Global surgery has emerged as a new field within academic surgery. Despite attempts to provide a common definition, it is unclear whether health professionals understand what is meant by the term "global surgery." This study aims to characterize current understanding of global surgery among healthcare workers.
One hundred medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals were interviewed on their perceptions of global surgery using a six-question qualitative survey. Responses were coded and analyzed for common themes.
Sixty-one percent of participants did not know the meaning of global surgery. Those under age 40 were more likely to relay an accurate definition. Of participants with knowledge of global surgery, 44% had previous exposure to global health and 85% expressed interest in global health or surgery.
Although often used in academic surgical settings, the term "global surgery" is not well-understood among health professionals. There is no clear consensus on what it means to be a global surgeon or what constitutes a successful career in global surgery.
全球外科已成为学术外科领域内的一个新领域。尽管人们试图给出一个通用定义，但卫生专业人员是否理解“全球外科”一词的含义尚不清楚。本研究旨在描述医护人员目前对全球外科的理解。
通过一项包含六个问题的定性调查，对100名医学生、住院医师、医生、护士和专职医疗专业人员关于他们对全球外科的看法进行了访谈。对回答进行编码并分析其共同主题。
61%的参与者不知道全球外科的含义。40岁以下的人更有可能给出准确的定义。在了解全球外科的参与者中，44%曾接触过全球健康，85%表示对全球健康或外科感兴趣。
尽管“全球外科”一词经常在学术外科环境中使用，但卫生专业人员对其理解并不透彻。对于成为一名全球外科医生意味着什么，或者在全球外科领域取得成功的职业生涯包括哪些方面，目前尚无明确共识。
