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dc.titleResidency Training at the Front of the West African Ebola Outbreak: Adapting for a Rare Opportunity.
dc.contributor.authorMo, Yin
dc.contributor.authorArchuleta, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorSalmon, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Dale
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-15T00:46:11Z
dc.date.available2022-11-15T00:46:11Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-02
dc.identifier.citationMo, Yin, Archuleta, Sophia, Salmon, Sharon, Fisher, Dale (2016-02-02). Residency Training at the Front of the West African Ebola Outbreak: Adapting for a Rare Opportunity.. PLoS Curr 8 : ecurrents.outbreaks.2ccbcab30e96d3fe28d3896d258b81-. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2ccbcab30e96d3fe28d3896d258b818e
dc.identifier.issn2157-3999
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/234520
dc.description.abstractMedical trainees face multiple barriers to participation in major outbreak responses such as that required for Ebola Virus Disease through 2014-2015 in West Africa. Hurdles include fear of contracting and importing the disease, residency requirements, scheduling conflicts, family obligations and lack of experience and maturity. We describe the successful four-week deployment to Liberia of a first year infectious diseases trainee through the mechanism of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network of the World Health Organization. The posting received prospective approval from the residency supervisory committees and employing hospital management and was designed with components fulfilling the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies. It mirrored conventional training with regards to learning objectives, supervisory framework and assessment methods. Together with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and many other partners, the team joined the infection prevention and control efforts in Monrovia. Contributions were made to a 'ring fencing' infection control approach that was being introduced, including enhancement of triage, training and providing supplies in high priority health-care facilities in the capital and border zones. In addition the fellow produced an electronic database that enabled monitoring infection control standards in health facilities. This successful elective posting illustrates that quality training can be achieved, even in the most challenging environments, with support from the pedagogic and sponsoring institutions. Such experiential learning opportunities benefit both the outbreak response and the trainee, and if scaled up would contribute towards building a global health emergency workforce. More should be done from residency accreditation bodies in facilitating postings in outbreak settings.
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
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dc.subject1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subjectClinical
dc.subjectEmerging Infectious Diseases
dc.subjectInfectious Diseases
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectInfection
dc.typeArticle
dc.date.updated2022-11-14T03:04:05Z
dc.contributor.departmentMEDICINE
dc.description.doi10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2ccbcab30e96d3fe28d3896d258b818e
dc.description.sourcetitlePLoS Curr
dc.description.volume8
dc.description.pageecurrents.outbreaks.2ccbcab30e96d3fe28d3896d258b81-
dc.description.placeUnited States
dc.published.stateUnpublished
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