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Pediatric Surgery International
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International 6/2018

01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Harnessing medical student power in global surgery research

Authors: Roshni C. Mansfield, Louis C. S. Gardner, Georgina O. A. Ndukwe, Henry de Berker, Kathryn Ford, Kokila Lakhoo

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 6/2018

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Excerpt

The need for more timely, accessible and affordable surgical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasingly recognised [1]; however there is an extreme paucity of good data to guide the necessary resource allocation. Increasing the research workforce can only accelerate the realisation of the Lancet’s recommendations to improve service provision and, ultimately, patient outcome [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Harnessing medical student power in global surgery research
Authors
Roshni C. Mansfield
Louis C. S. Gardner
Georgina O. A. Ndukwe
Henry de Berker
Kathryn Ford
Kokila Lakhoo
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-018-4272-y

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