Global Health Opportunities – from Residency Through Retirement

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Features| April 2023 Global Health Opportunities – from Residency Through Retirement Sara Miller Strowd, MD, MPH; Sara Miller Strowd, MD, MPH Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Sean Miller, MD; Sean Miller, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar John G. Brock-Utne, MA, MD, PhD, FCMSA; John G. Brock-Utne, MA, MD, PhD, FCMSA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 26–27. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000924992.69577.13 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Sara Miller Strowd, Sean Miller, John G. Brock-Utne, Elizabeth T. Drum; Global Health Opportunities – from Residency Through Retirement. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:26–27 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000924992.69577.13 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: internship and residency, world health, knowledge acquisition Have you ever asked yourself how you can get involved in global health as an anesthesiologist? Or felt that time and financial constraints were major barriers to doing so? Fret not. Regardless of where you are in your career, there are abundant opportunities for you to make a lasting impact on global health. The staggering reality is that 5 billion people around the world lack access to safe surgery and anesthesia care (Lancet 2015;386:569-624). This does not need to remain the case. Through educational support, curriculum development, and quality and safety initiatives, anesthesiologists from in-training through retirement can help strengthen health systems around the world to provide high-quality care to their patients. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the severe degree of inequity that exists between health care systems across the globe (J Glob Health 2021;11:05015; Front Public Health 2022;10:928065). More than ever, it is essential that... You do not currently have access to this content.