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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2020

Acute care surgery, trauma and disaster relief: a clinical exchange between the University of British Columbia and the Mexican Red Cross.

Joseph Margolick, Lu Yin, Shahrzad Joharifard, Avi Afya, Maria de Los Angeles Mendoza Velez, Edgar Meza, Salim Sohani, Charlotte Laane, Elenor Ball-Banting, Emilie Joos

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Joseph MargolickFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Lu YinFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Shahrzad JoharifardFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Avi AfyaFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Maria de Los Angeles Mendoza VelezFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Edgar MezaFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Salim SohaniFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Charlotte LaaneFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Elenor Ball-BantingFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).
Emilie JoosFrom the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Margolick, Yin, Joharifard, Joos); the HCCR Polanco Cruz Roja, Mexico City, Mexico (Afya, Velez, Meza); the Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ont. (Sohani); Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. (Laane, Joos); the Branch for International Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Ball-Banting, Joos).

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Our objective was to establish a sustainable educational partnership and clinical exchange between the trauma services at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and the Mexican Red Cross hospital in Mexico City (Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja [HCCR] Polanco). Methods: In 2017, a general surgery resident in postgraduate year 4 travelled from VGH to HCCR Polanco for the initial exchange, followed by a trauma fellow. The surgical case volumes in a month at VGH and a month at HCCR Polanco were compared. At the end of the exchange, a 36-item Likert style questionnaire was administered to the Mexican surgeons and residents who interacted with the Canadian resident and fellow during the exchange. Results: The most commonly performed procedures on the VGH acute care surgery service were laparoscopic cholecystectomy (35%) and laparoscopic appendectomy (17%). The most commonly performed procedures on the VGH trauma service were chest tube insertions (24%) and tracheostomies (24%). The most commonly performed procedures at HCCR Polanco were surgery for penetrating abdominal trauma (19%) and extremity trauma (13%). The survey results indicated that the costs of travel and accommodation were obstacles to future exchanges. All survey respondents wanted to continue collaborating with Canadians on clinical and research endeavours, felt that hosting Canadian residents was a valuable experience and felt that visiting VGH would also be valuable. Conclusion: Canadian surgical trainees gained valuable exposure to operative trauma during the exchange. The mix of operations performed at VGH and HCCR Polanco was vastly different; therefore, the exchange broadened the trainees' surgical experience. There was a unanimously positive response to the exchange among the Mexican survey respondents. This exchange is part of a long-term collaboration between our surgical centres.

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Critical CareDisaster PlanningInternational Educational ExchangeInternship and ResidencyWounds and InjuriesBritish ColumbiaCanadaGeneral SurgeryHumansMexicoRed CrossUniversities

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PMID32644319
PMCPMC7458679

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