TY - JOUR
T1 - Workforce Considerations, Training, and Diseases in the Middle East
AU - Holt, George Richard
AU - McMains, Kevin Christopher
AU - Otto, Randal A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Evaluating and providing global health assistance, humanitarian aid, and medical missions to Middle Eastern countries can be rewarding and challenging. A broad spectrum of financial capabilities supports effective health care delivery and infrastructure. Middle East tension can make obtaining a visa difficult. Personal safety considerations may hinder efforts to develop and carry out clinical and educational programs. Several Middle East countries have sophisticated and modern health care systems. Medical education and specialty training compares with that of Western medicine. The Middle East has a proud heritage as the foundation of many fundamental and modern medical and surgical principles.
AB - Evaluating and providing global health assistance, humanitarian aid, and medical missions to Middle Eastern countries can be rewarding and challenging. A broad spectrum of financial capabilities supports effective health care delivery and infrastructure. Middle East tension can make obtaining a visa difficult. Personal safety considerations may hinder efforts to develop and carry out clinical and educational programs. Several Middle East countries have sophisticated and modern health care systems. Medical education and specialty training compares with that of Western medicine. The Middle East has a proud heritage as the foundation of many fundamental and modern medical and surgical principles.
KW - Disease prevalence in the Middle East
KW - Global health in the Middle East
KW - Medical education and training in otolaryngology in the Middle East
KW - Middle East otolaryngology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otc.2018.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.otc.2018.01.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29544986
AN - SCOPUS:85043482700
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 51
SP - 667
EP - 673
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -