Narrative Matters Health AffairsVol. 30, No. 3: Profiles Of Innovation In Health Care Delivery Adrift In Africa: A US Medical Resident On An Elective AbroadTeeb Al-Samarrai Affiliations Teeb Al-Samarrai ( [email protected] ) is a physician and medical epidemiologist in New York City. PUBLISHED:March 2011No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0842AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleAbstractVirtually on her own and unsupervised in a Ugandan hospital, a young doctor develops suggestions for improving overseas medical training.TOPICSDiseasesMedical educationHIV/AIDSPharmaceuticalsPhysiciansClinical careNursesPatient testingPatient careSystems of care Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 6 History Published online 1 March 2011 Information Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. PDF downloadCited byThe ethical experiences of trainees on short-term international trips: a systematic qualitative synthesis29 December 2018 | BMC Medical Education, Vol. 18, No. 1Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences: An American College of Physicians Position PaperAnnals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 168, No. 9Perceptions of a short-term medical programme in the Dominican Republic: Voices of care recipients11 March 2014 | Global Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 4Views from the global south: exploring how student volunteers from the global north can achieve sustainable impact in global healthGlobalization and Health, Vol. 9, No. 1Examining the Scale and Outcomes of Global Health Fellowship Programs in the United StatesJournal of Graduate Medical Education, Vol. 4, No. 2Medical Students in Developing Countries: Some Benefits for Sure but a Mixture of Risks22 March 2011 | Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 5