scholarly journals Preparing medical students for field experiences in low-resource settings: Development and evaluation of a pre-travel trigger video and large group discussion module

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
P.B. Mullan ◽  
L. Schram ◽  
B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Low Resource Settings ◽  
Low Resource ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Large Group Discussion

scholarly journals International Neurotrauma Training Based on North-South Collaborations: Results of an Inter-institutional Program in the Era of Global Neurosurgery

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés M. Rubiano ◽  
Dylan P. Griswold ◽  
P. David Adelson ◽  
Raul A. Echeverri ◽  
Ahsan A. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
High Income ◽  
Global Health Research ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Low Resource Settings ◽  
Low Resource

Objective: Shortage of general neurosurgery and specialized neurotrauma care in low resource settings is a critical setback in the national surgical plans of low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Neurotrauma fellowship programs typically exist in high-income countries (HIC), where surgeons who fulfill the requirements for positions regularly stay to practice. Due to this issue, neurosurgery residents and medical students from LMICs do not have regular access to this kind of specialized training and knowledge-hubs. The objective of this paper is to present the results of a recently established neurotrauma fellowship program for neurosurgeons of LMICs in the framework of global neurosurgery collaborations, including the involvement of specialized parallel education for neurosurgery residents and medical students.Methods: The Global Neurotrauma Fellowship (GNTF) program was inaugurated in 2015 by a multi-institutional collaboration between a HIC and an LMIC. The course organizers designed it to be a 12-month program based on adapted neurotrauma international competencies with the academic support of the Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital and Meditech Foundation in Colombia. Since 2018, additional support from the UK, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research in Neurotrauma Project from the University of Cambridge enhanced the infrastructure of the program, adding a research component in global neurosurgery and system science.Results: Eight fellows from Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Pakistan, and Colombia have been trained and certified via the fellowship program. The integration of international competencies and exposure to different systems of care in high-income and low-income environments creates a unique environment for training within a global neurosurgery framework. Additionally, 18 residents (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Germany, Spain, and the USA), and ten medical students (the United Kingdom, USA, Australia, and Colombia) have also participated in elective rotations of neurotrauma and critical care during the time of the fellowship program, as well as in research projects as part of an established global surgery initiative.Conclusion: We have shown that it is possible to establish a neurotrauma fellowship program in an LMIC based on the structure of HIC formal training programs. Adaptation of the international competencies focusing on neurotrauma care in low resource settings and maintaining international mentoring and academic support will allow the participants to return to practice in their home-based countries.

scholarly journals Protecting the health of medical students on international electives in low-resource settings

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Johnston ◽  
Nichola Sandys ◽  
Rosemary Geoghegan ◽  
Diarmuid O’Donovan ◽  
Gerard Flaherty
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Low Resource Settings ◽  
Low Resource

scholarly journals Child psychiatry and the law

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-196
Author(s):  
Frederick H. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Refusal ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Saturday Morning ◽  
Large Group ◽  
The Law ◽  
Large Group Discussion

It is a great privilege to be asked to give this memorial lecture. There must be few in this audience who do not know the name of Jack Kahn, if only from his classic writings on school refusal. To many of us, however, he was a dear friend as well as a rather special colleague. I seem always to have known Jack, although in fact I probably first met him in the middle ‘60s at just such a residential conference as we are having now, on that occasion in Harrogate. This was in the days of the RMPA. Jack was chairman of the Child Psychiatry Section and the guiding spirit behind the organisation of that particular conference. I recall particularly the concluding session on the Saturday morning when to our surprise (although we would be less surprised to-day) the presentation was not by one of our members or distinguished guests but by a local dramatic society who presented us with one scene from a play which Jack, as master of ceremonies with his customary skill and flair, used as the catalyst for an exciting large group discussion.

scholarly journals The Impact of Using Small Group Discussion Technique on Enhancing Students’ Performance in Speaking Skill: A Case Study of Benghazi University

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 189-198
Author(s):  
Ahmed Sanoussi Himeda Al Jawad ◽  
Salem Hamed Abosnan
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Large Group Discussion ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the impact of using small group discussion technique on enhancing students’ speaking skill in English language department at Faculty of Arts and Science Kufrah –Benghazi University. The review of relevant literature revealed that previous researchers presented the advantages of small group discussion technique in teaching English around the world. So, the researcher believed that the use of small group discussion technique might promote students’ performance in speaking skill. The review of literature undeniably revealed that large group discussion technique mostly used by EFL lecturers to teach speaking skill were not solid enough. The advantage of the small group discussion technique over the large group discussion technique was investigated by testing the hypotheses and research questions set after conducting the literature review. The quasi-experimental research design as used in this study. English language department at Faculty of Arts and Science Kufrah was chosen for experimental study with 30 students. A teacher- made task was used as an instrument of the study. The results proved that, the mean performance of the students exposed to small group discussion technique is higher than that of those exposed to the large group discussion. Based on the results, recommendations were made on the need to adopt small group discussion to ameliorate students’ performance in speaking skill in Libyan universities.

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