ArticleHealth science reports2024
Surgical mentorship in low-resource environments: Opportunities and challenges, a perspective.
Article in Health science reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Artificial intelligence applications in surgical education and training: a systematic review.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Pooled it
- The global surgical workforce crisis: narrative review of the role of surgical educator development and technological innovations.Surgery today · 2026Review
- Top 5 Surgical Education Innovations for Low-Resource Settings Over the Last 50 years.World journal of surgery · 2026Review
- Enhancing outcomes and accelerating learning curves in open pyeloplasty.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2026Article
- Perceived impact of advanced clinical skill Building program for women's health: a retrospective review of a public-private partnership model.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Facilitator and barrier perspectives on learning and implementing high-resolution anoscopy in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Exported students, imported surgeons: a narrative review of transnational surgical training and its impact on the surgical workforce of Solomon Islands.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Surgical case patterns and procedures performed in patients attending the Aloha Medical Mission in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- The Critical Transition in Surgical Experience: Impact of the Early Years of Surgical Practice on Perioperative Outcomes and Team Collaboration.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- The role of remote and virtual surgical training in expanding cardiothoracic surgical capacity in low-resource regions.BMC surgery · 2025Review
- Learning new surgical techniques in low and middle income countries, approval processes, and the impact of artificial intelligence.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Medicine Meets Science: The Imperative of Scientific Research and Publishing for Physician-Scientists.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2025Article
- Article
- Surgical mentorship in low-resource environments: Opportunities and challenges, a perspective.Health science reports · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and aims: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a shortage of skilled surgical practitioners hampers healthcare delivery, impacting well-being and economic growth. Surgical mentorship programs offer a promising solution but face challenges in implementation. This review aims to comprehensively assess the impact of surgical mentorship programs in LMICs and identify challenges and opportunities for their development and implementation. Methods: A thorough literature search was conducted from 2000 to 2023 using multiple databases, focusing on surgical mentorship programs in LMICs. Inclusion criteria encompassed full-text articles in English that demonstrated characteristics of mentorship. Rigorous exclusion criteria were applied to ensure high-quality evidence inclusion. Results: Surgical mentorship programs in LMICs strengthen local surgical capacity, improve surgical skills and patient outcomes, optimize resources and technology utilization, and positively impact medical students aspiring to be surgeons. However, challenges such as resistance to change, resource limitations, financial constraints, logistical and technological challenges, and time constraints hinder their implementation. Conclusion: Despite challenges, surgical mentorship programs hold promise for enhancing surgical capacity and healthcare quality in LMICs. Standardized metrics for accountability, innovative funding mechanisms, collaborative partnerships for scalability, interdisciplinary integration, and leveraging virtual mentorship programs are key strategies to overcome challenges and foster sustainable learning cultures, ultimately contributing to improved healthcare equity and quality in low-resource settings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.