ArticleBrain & spine2026
Crossing boundaries in neurosurgical education: The Pan-African EANS-supported course as a blueprint for global capacity building.
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- Advancing skull base surgery training in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from the IRCAD Africa 360° Skull Base Course.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Review
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Introduction: Neurosurgical training in Africa is critically limited and expensive. The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies( Research question: Does a collaborative, context-adapted international Pan-African EANS course enhance neurosurgical knowledge in resource-limited African settings and prove feasible for capacity building in LMIC practice? Materials and methods: The five-day Pan-African Neurosurgery Training Course (May 2025, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) covered vascular Results: Mean knowledge scores increased from 2.5 → 4.1 for vascular neurosurgery (64.0 % improvement, P < 0.001) and 2.6 → 4.0 for skull base (53.8 % improvement, P < 0.001). Overall course quality was 4.7/5. Interactive formats (breakout sessions/discussion groups) were highest-rated (4.8/5), content adaptation to LMIC-settings was 4.5/5. All participants expressed interest in future courses; 95.1 % were willing to serve as future faculty and indicated institutions could host future courses. Interest in partnerships: training workshops(90.2 %), research collaboration(90.2 %), fellow exchanges(88.3 %). Discussion and conclusion: This inaugural Pan-African EANS-supported training course demonstrates that collaborative, contextually adapted education effectively enhances neurosurgical knowledge in resource-constrained settings. Exceptional satisfaction, substantial knowledge gains, and universal demand for continuation provide strong evidence for program expansion. This reproducible model establishes a scalable framework for sustainable capacity-building across Africa.
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