abstract: 'The common goal of surgical training is to provide effective,

  well-rounded surgeons who are capable of providing a safe and competent

  service that is relevant to the society within which they work. In

  recent years, the surgical workforce crisis has gained greater attention

  as a component of the global human resources in health problems in low-

  and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study was to: (1)

  describe the models for specialist surgical training in Uganda; (2)

  evaluate the pretraining experience of surgical trainees; (3) explore

  training models in the United States and Canada and areas of possible

  further inquiry and intervention for capacity-building efforts in

  surgery and perioperative care.

  This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at Makerere

  University, College of Health Sciences during 2011-2012. Participants

  were current and recently graduated surgical residents. Data were

  collected using a pretested structured questionnaire and were entered

  and analyzed using an excel Microsoft spread sheet. The Makerere

  University, College of Health Sciences Institutional Review Board

  approved the study.

  Of the 35 potential participants, 23 returned the questionnaires (65

  \%). Mean age of participants was 29 years with a male/female ratio of

  3:1. All worked predominantly in general district hospitals. Pretraining

  procedures performed numbered 2,125 per participant, which is twice that

  done by their US and Canadian counterparts during their entire 5-year

  training period.

  A rich pretraining experience exists in East Africa. This should be

  taken advantage of to enhance surgical specialist training at the

  institution and regional level.'
affiliation: 'Galukande, M (Corresponding Author), Makerere Univ, Dept Surg, Coll
  Hlth Sci, Mulago Hill Rd,POB 7072, Kampala, Uganda.

  Galukande, Moses; Elobu, Emmanuel; Kaggwa, Sam, Makerere Univ, Dept Surg, Coll Hlth
  Sci, Kampala, Uganda.

  Ozgediz, Doruk, Yale Univ, Dept Pediat, New Haven, CT 06520 USA.'
author: Galukande, Moses and Ozgediz, Doruk and Elobu, Emmanuel and Kaggwa, Sam
author-email: mosesg@img.co.ug
author_list:
- family: Galukande
  given: Moses
- family: Ozgediz
  given: Doruk
- family: Elobu
  given: Emmanuel
- family: Kaggwa
  given: Sam
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s00268-013-2053-2
files: []
issn: 0364-2313
journal: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
keywords-plus: RESIDENTS; SURGERY; UGANDA
language: English
month: AUG
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '15'
orcid-numbers: Elobu, Alex Emmanuel/0000-0003-1647-0616
pages: 1836-1840
papis_id: 48cfea7c477f330e37071207d82ab657
ref: Galukande2013pretrainingexperienc
times-cited: '8'
title: Pretraining Experience and Structure of Surgical Training at a Sub-Saharan
  African University
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000322023600014
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '0'
volume: '37'
web-of-science-categories: Surgery
year: '2013'