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

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Source Type:** peer-reviewed
**Publisher:** Annals of Global Health (Elsevier)
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**URL:** https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.001
**Published:** 2015-03-01
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [IVUmed](ivumed.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/ivumed.md · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.001

## 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](ivumed.md)