title: Teaching surgical skills in Ethiopia.
abstract: An innovative process of training non-medically qualified staff to perform emergency surgery is described. The benefits to the rural communities are balanced against the potential threat to the surgical establishment in Ethiopia.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Surgery, Kings College Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rennie
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education*; D005002:Ethiopia; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012423:Rural Health