Training for 100 Doctors in Developing Countries

Summary

Increase access to health care for disabled burn-and- trauma victims. Provide free training workshops in surgery and burn care for 100 doctors and nurses treating poor patients in southeast Asia. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The few trained plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses in developing countries face an overwhelming demand for their services. They often cannot treat the many patients who are too poor to afford medical care. They also lack the resources and infrastructure for advanced medical training. They cannot access medical libraries or journals, nor do they have the interaction with trained colleagues that is a key part of medical education in the United States.

Activities

Each workshop includes lectures, discussions, and hands-on training focusing on various topics such as hand surgery, burns, and anesthesia. In one week, participants in the workshops absorb skills they can use immediately to help poor patients.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,393
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $78,607
Total Funding Goal: $80,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The workshops will provide health care for impoverished children in Vietnam and other developing countries by training the local health care providers in their communities so that sustainable and quality medical care occurs year-round.

Project Message

The goal of Interplast’s training workshops is to move a site toward medical independence so that the poor of the region have access to the care they require year-round and for generations to come.
- William J. Schneider, M.D., Interplast Chief Medical Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Michael Demian,
Associate Director, Foundation and Corporate Relat
c/o Interplast
857 Maude Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
(650) 962-0123
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Project Sponsor

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Organization

Interplast Logo Interplast
857 Maude Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
650-962-0123
http://www.interplast.org

Learn more about Interplast and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Vietnam and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Vietnam, read the Human Development Report on Vietnam or the Wikipedia entry for Vietnam.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 09, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 09, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Interplast trains 100 Vietnamese physicians

By Devon Watts - Assoc. Director, Foundation & Corporate Relations, August 09, 2007 05:04 PM

In April 2007, Dr. George Gregory traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to lead a one-week training workshop for 100 Vietnamese physicians and nurses. Dr. Gregory, a renowned pediatric anesthesiologist at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, used both lectures and hands-on teaching methods to pass on his specialized anesthesia skills to the group. The participants in this workshop will be able to put their new knowledge to use immediately - thus improving the standard of care for pediatric anesthesia in Vietnam.

Thanks to the support of donors like you, Interplast was able to carry out 19 workshops like this over the past 12 months. By providing medical training, Interplast is working to empower doctors in the developing world to treat the poor in their own communities.

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