Medical Electives in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 15-Year Student/NGO-Driven Initiative.

ABSTRACT: Medical schools are developing global health programmes, and medical students are requesting global health training and creating opportunities when these are not provided by medical schools. This article described the Wolisso Project (WP), a medical experience on clinical electives in Sub-Saharan Africa, driven by a collaboration between a student organisation and a Nongovernmental Organization (NGO). Preclinical medical students spent 4 weeks as part of a multidisciplinary medical team in Africa. Post-elective questionnaires were administered to all subjects who participated in the project. Of all, 141 students responded to the questionnaire. The participants came from 30 Italian universities. The main difficulties reported are due to the lack of resources for the exercise of the medical

SUBMITTER: Quaglio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature