Improving Surgical Care in Mongolia: A Model for Sustainable Development

The W. C. Swanson Family Foundation selected Mongolia to help improve access to affordable quality surgical and medical care in 2000. Over the last 12 years of partnering with the Health Sciences University of Mongolia, three major concepts have been identified that have promoted sustainable progres...

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Published in:World journal of surgery 2013-07, Vol.37 (7), p.1492-1499
Main Authors: Price, Raymond, Sergelen, Orgoi, Unursaikhan, Chadraabal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Surgery
Capacity Building
Cardiac Surgery
Conservation of Natural Resources
Cost of Illness
Developing Countries
Foundations
Gallbladder Disease
General Surgery
General Surgery - education
General Surgery - organization & administration
Harmonic Scalpel
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic Liver Resection
Laparoscopy - education
Laparoscopy - standards
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Models, Organizational
Mongolia
Necrotizing Fasciitis
Program Development - methods
Program Evaluation
Quality Improvement
Rural Health Services - organization & administration
Surgery
Surgical Procedures, Operative - economics
Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards
Thoracic Surgery
Traumatology - education
Traumatology - organization & administration
Urban Health Services - organization & administration
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:The W. C. Swanson Family Foundation selected Mongolia to help improve access to affordable quality surgical and medical care in 2000. Over the last 12 years of partnering with the Health Sciences University of Mongolia, three major concepts have been identified that have promoted sustainable progress in expanding and improving surgical care throughout the healthcare system—including urban and rural areas. Understanding and targeting the needs identified by the Mongolian surgical community has cultivated a critical working environment that has had a profound effect on expanding surgical care in Mongolia. Integrating modern surgical care training with basic emergency and essential surgical and medical initiatives created a trusting foundation providing many unforeseen educational opportunities. Lastly, the educational model introduced, including long-term capacity-building programs, has helped enable the local Mongolian surgeons, nurses, biotechnicians, administrators, and educators to continue pioneering independent efforts to further expand modern surgical care in Mongolia.
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-012-1763-1