Subspecialty pediatric neurosurgery training: a skill-based training model for neurosurgeons in low-resourced health systems.

Dewan, Michael C; Onen, Justin; Bow, Hansen; Ssenyonga, Peter; Howard, Charles; Warf, Benjamin C

Dewan, Michael C; Onen, Justin; Bow, Hansen; Ssenyonga, Peter; Howard, Charles; Warf, Benjamin C.

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Dewan MC; 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Onen J; 2Global Neurosurgery Initiative, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Bow H; 3CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda, Mbale, Uganda; and.
Ssenyonga P; 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Howard C; 3CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda, Mbale, Uganda; and.
Warf BC; 3CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda, Mbale, Uganda; and.

Neurosurg Focus ; 45(4): E2, 2018 10.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30269595

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Fellowships and Scholarships; Hydrocephalus/surgery; Neurosurgery/education; Pediatrics/education; Spinal Dysraphism/surgery; Choroid Plexus/surgery; Developing Countries; Fellowships and Scholarships/methods; Health Resources; Humans; Models, Educational; Third Ventricle/surgery; Uganda; Ventriculostomy/methods

Key words

CCHU = CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda; CHSB = CURE Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida; ETV/CPC = endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization; LMIC = low- and middle-income countries; MM = myelomeningocele; PTL = partner treatment location; REDCap = Research Electronic Data Capture; VPS = ventriculoperitoneal shunting; endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization; hydrocephalus; pediatric neurosurgery; spina bifida; training

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pediatrics / Spinal Dysraphism / Fellowships and Scholarships / Hydrocephalus / Neurosurgery Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: Neurosurg Focus Journal subject: NEUROCIRURGIA Year: 2018 Type: Article

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