title: A Successful US Academic Collaborative Supporting Medical Education in a Postconflict Setting.
abstract: This article describes a model employed by the Academic Collaborative to Support Medical Education in Liberia to augment medical education in a postconflict setting where the health and educational structures and funding are very limited. We effectively utilized a cohort of visiting US pediatric faculty and trainees for short-term but recurrent clinical work and teaching. This model allows US academic medical centers, especially those with smaller residency programs, to provide global health experiences for faculty and trainees while contributing to the strengthening of medical education in the host country. Those involved can work toward a goal of sustainable training with a strengthened host country specialty education system. Partnerships such as ours evolve over time and succeed by meeting the needs of the host country, even during unanticipated challenges, such as the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McQuilkin
authors.affiliation: University of Liberia Dogliotti School of Medicine, Monrovia, Liberia.
authors.forename: Roseda E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niescierenko
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Venée N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Tubman
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Bradley G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Staton
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jackson H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Elinor A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Graham
keywords: delivery of health care; developing countries; graduate medical education; international educational exchange