title: Enhancing medical students' education and careers in global surgery.
abstract: With surgical conditions being significant contributors to the global burden of disease, efforts aimed at increasing future practitioners' understanding, interest and participation in global surgery must be expanded. Unfortunately, despite the increasing popularity of global health among medical students, possibilities for exposure and involvement during medical school remain limited. By evaluating student participation in the 2011 Bethune Round Table, we explored the role that global surgery conferences can play in enhancing this neglected component of undergraduate medical education. Study results indicate high rates of student dissatisfaction with current global health teaching and opportunities, along with high indices of conference satisfaction and knowledge gain, suggesting that global health conferences can serve as important adjuncts to undergraduate medical education.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
authors: Alexandre
authors: A
authors: Gosselin-Tardif
authors: Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
authors: Guillaume
authors: G
authors: Butler-Laporte
authors: McGill University Health Centre, Center for Global Surgery, Montréal, Que.
authors: Melina
authors: M
authors: Vassiliou
authors: McGill University Health Centre, Center for Global Surgery, Montréal, Que.
authors: Kosar
authors: K
authors: Khwaja
authors: The National University of Rwanda, Department of Surgery, Kigali, Rwanda.
authors: Georges
authors: G
authors: Ntakiyiruta
authors: The National University of Rwanda, Department of Surgery, Kigali, Rwanda.
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Kyamanywa
authors: McGill University Health Centre, Center for Global Surgery, Montréal, Que.
authors: Tarek
authors: T
authors: Razek
authors: McGill University Health Centre, Center for Global Surgery, Montréal, Que.
authors: Dan L
authors: DL
authors: Deckelbaum
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002321:Career Choice; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D003906:Developing Countries; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D014943:Global Health / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology