Source: Jalloh et al., "IVUmed: A Nonprofit Model for Surgical Training in Low-Resource Countries" (Annals of Global Health, 2015)

Summary

Peer-reviewed description of IVUmed's teach-the-teacher model for urological surgical training in low- and middle-income countries, with Catherine R. deVries as a co-author affiliated with IVUmed and the University of Utah.

Useful Claims

• The paper of record is Jalloh, M., Wood, J.P., Fredley, M., and deVries, C.R., "IVUmed: A Nonprofit Model for Surgical Training in Low-Resource Countries", Annals of Global Health, DOI 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.001, PMID 26088092.
• deVries is listed with affiliations at IVUmed, Salt Lake City, UT, and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• IVUmed's motto is stated as "Teach One, Reach Many" and the paper describes a teach-the-teacher approach.
• The paper states IVUmed has for 20 years supported urological educational programs in 30 LMICs by coordinating a network of U.S. and international providers, institutions, industry partners, and professional societies.
• The paper describes training surgeons rather than performing one-off surgical missions as the durable model.

Reliability Notes

Primary tier: peer-reviewed paper cited by DOI. Abstract text retrieved from PubMed (PMID 26088092); full article text has not been retrieved here.

Related Pages

• IVUmed