Publications by authors named "William P Magee Iii"
Article Synopsis
- Many people worldwide lack access to safe surgical care, and women can play a key role in solving the healthcare workforce shortage by being leaders in healthcare.
- Operation Smile launched the Women in Medicine program to offer leadership and mentorship opportunities specifically for female healthcare workers.
- A study of all-women surgical programs in four countries showed that a vast majority of participants saw improvements in their skills and felt motivated to pursue leadership and mentorship roles, highlighting the significance of women supporting each other in their careers.
Objective: Short-term, high-volume surgical training experiences can lead to successful skills transfer and be an effective method of training surgical providers in low-resource settings. However, immediate skills acquisition does not guarantee long-term performance of surgical procedures by trainees. This study aims to determine the long-term impact of a short-term plastic surgery training rotation (STR) on general surgeon contribution to plastic surgery capacity building in Rwanda.
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