WhatsApp Linking Lilongwe, Malawi to Los Angeles: Impacting Medical Education and Clinical Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subspecialty expertise is often lacking in clinical environments in low-resource settings. As a result, medically complicated patients can receive suboptimal care, local clinicians can feel inadequately supported, and global health engagements can be difficult for medical trainees accustomed to more expert supervision at their home institutions.

Objective

We created WhatsApp Messenger discussion groups to connect subspecialists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine with clinicians and rotating global health residents at Partners in Hope (PIH) Medical Center in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Methods

Case submitters and subspecialist respondents were surveyed about their experience in the discussion groups.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: Thorp M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894367 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature