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Lee T Dresang1, Wm MacMillan Rodney, Lawrence Leeman
1University of Wisconsin Medical School and St. Luke's Family Practice Residency, Milwaukee, USA. ldresang@fammed.wisc.edu
Abstract:
The advanced life support in obstetrics (ALSO) course is designed to help maternity care providers prepare for obstetrical emergencies. A team of 12 US physicians and a medical interpreter recently taught the ALSO course in Ecuador, with the goal of addressing Ecuador's high maternal and infant mortality rates. To have a greater impact, a teach-the-teacher model was used so that Ecuadorian physicians can now hold their own ALSO courses. In the process of implementing the courses, valuable lessons were learned which can be applied to future ALSO courses in developing countries and in the United States.
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