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    An Innovative Paradigm for Surgical Education Programs in Resource-limited Settings
    (Cma-Canadian Medical Assoc, 1867 Alta Vista Dr, Ottawa, Canada, Ontario, K1g 5w8, 2014) Deckelbaum, Dan L; Gosselin-Tardif, Alexandre; Ntakiyiruta, Georges; Liberman, Sender; Vassiliou, Melina; Rwamasirabo, Emile; Gasakure, Emmanuel; Fata, Paola; Khwaja, Kosar; Razek, Tarek; Kyamanywa, Patrick
    The burden of surgical disease in low-income countries remains significant, in part owing to continued surgical workforce shortages. We describe a successful paradigm to expand Rwandan surgical capacity through the implementation of a surgical education partnership between the National University of Rwanda and the Centre for Global Surgery at the McGill University Health Centre.