Continuing Education for Global Neurosurgery Graduates: Visiting Surgeons, Skills Teaching, Bootcamps, and Twinning Programs

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2024 Oct;35(4):439-448. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2024.05.006. Epub 2024 Jul 25.

Abstract

Neurosurgeons require post-graduate training to deliver safe, effective, and evidence-based care; to continually improve and adapt their methods through assessing the effect of their care and patient outcomes; and to train the future neurosurgeons of tomorrow to surpass current standards of care. We describe methods used by global collaborations to address these training needs on a worldwide scale, their risks, and their perceived benefits.

Keywords: Bootcamps; Education; Global neurosurgery; Teaching.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence / standards
  • Education, Medical, Continuing / methods
  • Humans
  • Neurosurgeons / education
  • Neurosurgery* / education
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / education