From Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Mr. Talsania); the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Professor Lavy); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Dr. Khanuja); Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA (Dr. Chambers), and Department of Clinical Orthopaedics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA (Dr. Chambers); Health Volunteers Overseas, Washington, DC (Ms. Kelly); CURE International and CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Gardner); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (Dr. Nelson), and Haiti Adventist Hospital, Carrefour, Haiti (Dr. Nelson); the Department of Orthopaedics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Wambisho), and Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Wambisho); the Department of Orthopedics, Haiti Adventist Hospital, Carrefour, Haiti (Dr. Alexis); Dalhousie University, New Brunswick, Canada (Dr. Lalonde); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Dr. Coughlin); the Department Foot and Ankle Surgery, Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute, Jacksonville, FL (Dr. Vosseller); and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department Foot and Ankle Surgery, and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Dr. Gokcen).
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2021 Feb 10;5(2):e20.00222. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00222.
As the world continues to adjust to life with COVID-19, one topic that requires further thought and discussion is whether elective international medical volunteerism can continue, and, if so, what challenges will need to be addressed. During a pandemic, the medical community is attentive to controlling the disease outbreak, and most of the literature regarding physician involvement during a pandemic focuses primarily on physicians traveling to areas of need to help treat the disease. As a result, little has been written about medical volunteerism that focuses on medical treatment unrelated to the disease outbreak. In a world-wide pandemic, many factors are to be considered in determining whether, and when, a physician should travel to another region to provide care and training for medical issues not directly related to the pandemic. Leaders of humanitarian committees of orthopaedic surgery subspecialties engaged with one another and host orthopaedic surgeons and a sponsoring organization to provide thoughtful insight and expert opinion on the challenges faced and possible pathways to provide continued orthopaedic support around the globe. Although this discussion focuses on international orthopaedic care, these suggestions may have a much broader application to the international medical community as a whole.
随着世界继续适应新冠疫情下的生活，有一个话题需要进一步思考和讨论，那就是国际医学志愿活动是否可以继续进行，如果可以，需要解决哪些挑战。在大流行期间，医学界专注于控制疾病的爆发，大多数关于大流行期间医生参与的文献主要集中在医生前往需要帮助治疗疾病的地区。因此，关于专注于与疾病爆发无关的医疗治疗的志愿活动的文献很少。在全球大流行的情况下，需要考虑许多因素来确定医生是否应该以及何时前往另一个地区，为与大流行本身无关的医疗问题提供护理和培训。骨科手术亚专业的人道主义委员会的领导人相互交流，并邀请骨科医生和一个赞助组织，就所面临的挑战提供深思熟虑的见解和专家意见，并探讨可能的途径，以便在全球范围内继续提供骨科支持。虽然这一讨论集中在国际骨科护理方面，但这些建议可能对整个国际医学界具有更广泛的适用性。
