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Alec J Talsania1, Chris Lavy, Harpal S Khanuja
1From Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Mr. Talsania); the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (Professor Lavy); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Dr. Khanuja); Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA (Dr. Chambers), and Department of Clinical Orthopaedics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA (Dr. Chambers); Health Volunteers Overseas, Washington, DC (Ms. Kelly); CURE International and CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Gardner); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (Dr. Nelson), and Haiti Adventist Hospital, Carrefour, Haiti (Dr. Nelson); the Department of Orthopaedics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Wambisho), and Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Dr. Wambisho); the Department of Orthopedics, Haiti Adventist Hospital, Carrefour, Haiti (Dr. Alexis); Dalhousie University, New Brunswick, Canada (Dr. Lalonde); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Dr. Coughlin); the Department Foot and Ankle Surgery, Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute, Jacksonville, FL (Dr. Vosseller); and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department Foot and Ankle Surgery, and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Dr. Gokcen).
Abstract:
As the world continues to adjust to life with COVID-19, one topic that requires further thought and discussion is whether elective international medical volunteerism can continue, and, if so, what challenges will need to be addressed. During a pandemic, the medical community is attentive to controlling the disease outbreak, and most of the literature regarding physician involvement during a pandemic focuses primarily on physicians traveling to areas of need to help treat the disease. As a result, little has been written about medical volunteerism that focuses on medical treatment unrelated to the disease outbreak. In a world-wide pandemic, many factors are to be considered in determining whether, and when, a physician should travel to another region to provide care and training for medical issues not directly related to the pandemic. Leaders of humanitarian committees of orthopaedic surgery subspecialties engaged with one another and host orthopaedic surgeons and a sponsoring organization to provide thoughtful insight and expert opinion on the challenges faced and possible pathways to provide continued orthopaedic support around the globe. Although this discussion focuses on international orthopaedic care, these suggestions may have a much broader application to the international medical community as a whole.
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