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The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery

In 2006, surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) established the Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology (IGOT), an initiative within the department of orthopedic surgery. The principal aim of IGOT is to create long-term, sustainable solutions to the growing burden o...

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Autores principales: Conway, Devin James, Coughlin, Richard, Caldwell, Amber, Shearer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00146
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Caldwell, Amber
Shearer, David
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description In 2006, surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) established the Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology (IGOT), an initiative within the department of orthopedic surgery. The principal aim of IGOT is to create long-term, sustainable solutions to the growing burden of musculoskeletal injury in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through academic partnership. IGOT currently has relationships with teaching hospitals in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Nicaragua, and Nepal. The organizational structure of IGOT is built on four pillars: Global Surgical Education (GSE), Global Knowledge Exchange (GKE), Global Research Initiative (GRI), and Global Leadership and Advocacy. GSE focuses on increasing surgical knowledge and technical proficiency through hands-on educational courses. The GKE facilitates the mutual exchange of surgeons and trainees among IGOT and its partners. This includes a global resident elective that allows UCSF residents to complete an international rotation at one of IGOT’s partner sites. The GRI strives to build research capacity and sponsor high-quality clinical research projects that address questions relevant to local partners. The fourth pillar, Global Leadership and Advocacy aims to increase awareness of the global impact of musculoskeletal injury through national and international courses and events, such as the Bay Area Global Health Film Festival. At the core of each tenet is the collaboration among IGOT and its international partners. Over the last decade, IGOT has experienced tremendous growth and maturation in its partnership model based on cumulative experience and the needs of its partners.
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spelling pubmed-54919412017-07-14 The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery Conway, Devin James Coughlin, Richard Caldwell, Amber Shearer, David Front Public Health Public Health In 2006, surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) established the Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology (IGOT), an initiative within the department of orthopedic surgery. The principal aim of IGOT is to create long-term, sustainable solutions to the growing burden of musculoskeletal injury in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through academic partnership. IGOT currently has relationships with teaching hospitals in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Nicaragua, and Nepal. The organizational structure of IGOT is built on four pillars: Global Surgical Education (GSE), Global Knowledge Exchange (GKE), Global Research Initiative (GRI), and Global Leadership and Advocacy. GSE focuses on increasing surgical knowledge and technical proficiency through hands-on educational courses. The GKE facilitates the mutual exchange of surgeons and trainees among IGOT and its partners. This includes a global resident elective that allows UCSF residents to complete an international rotation at one of IGOT’s partner sites. The GRI strives to build research capacity and sponsor high-quality clinical research projects that address questions relevant to local partners. The fourth pillar, Global Leadership and Advocacy aims to increase awareness of the global impact of musculoskeletal injury through national and international courses and events, such as the Bay Area Global Health Film Festival. At the core of each tenet is the collaboration among IGOT and its international partners. Over the last decade, IGOT has experienced tremendous growth and maturation in its partnership model based on cumulative experience and the needs of its partners. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5491941/ /pubmed/28713803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00146 Text en Copyright © 2017 Conway, Coughlin, Caldwell and Shearer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title_full The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title_fullStr The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title_full_unstemmed The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title_short The Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology: A Model for Academic Collaboration in Orthopedic Surgery
title_sort institute for global orthopedics and traumatology: a model for academic collaboration in orthopedic surgery
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00146
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