Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Addressing gaps in surgical skills training by means of low-cost simulation at Muhimbili University in Tanzania | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Addressing gaps in surgical skills training by means of low-cost simulation at Muhimbili University in Tanzania Stephanie Taché11 Naboth Mbembati t2 Nell Marshall3 FrankTendick1 Charles Mkony2 and Patricia O Sullivan1 Open Access Address 1Global Health Sciences University of California San Francisco San Francisco California USA 2School of Medicine Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania and 3Department of Health Services School of Public Health University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA Email Stephanie Taché - stache@ Naboth Mbembati - nmbembati@ Nell Marshall - nell_marshall@ Frank Tendick - Charles Mkony - cmkony@ Patricia O Sullivan - OsullivanP@ Corresponding author tEqual contributors Published 27 July 2009 Received 5 May 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 64 doi 1478-4491-7-64 Accepted 27 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 64 2009 Taché et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Providing basic surgical and emergency care in rural settings is essential particularly in Tanzania where the mortality burden addressable by emergency and surgical interventions has been estimated at 40 . However the shortages of teaching faculty and insufficient learning resources have hampered the traditionally intensive surgical training apprenticeships. The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences consequently has experienced suboptimal preparation for graduates practising surgery in the field and a drop in medical graduates willing to .
