id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-286646-d3x0rekw Martin, Allison N. Academic global surgery and COVID-19: Turning impediments into opportunities 2020-05-14 .txt text/plain 1359 88 47 As the COVID-19 pandemic has shut borders and economies around the globe, many will look internally to protect our own, and the support of global surgery programs that rely on international travel exchanges may be in jeopardy. Yet, a pandemic also highlights the true interdependence of health around the world, and the impediments to sustaining academic global surgery programs are perhaps also opportunities to better develop and maintain programs that incorporate the competencies of global surgery into a future of collaborative surgical education and innovation. The current global public health crisis illustrates resource constraints, health inequities and structural disparities in healthcare systems worldwidedleaders of tomorrow need a global view, and so it is particularly important to incorporate an academic global surgery curriculum that includes principles of ethics, health economics, disparities, and varying clinical pathologies. ./cache/cord-286646-d3x0rekw.txt ./txt/cord-286646-d3x0rekw.txt