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Capacity Assessment Tool to Promote Capacity Building in Global Orthopaedic Surgical Outreach
Lauren M Shapiro1, Jessica Welch2, Chelsea Leversedge2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
|June 15, 2023
Summary
A new Capacity Assessment Tool for orthopaedic surgery (CAT-os) was developed to measure and improve surgical capacity building in low- and middle-income countries. This tool offers objective metrics for evaluating and enhancing surgical outreach programs.
Area of Science:
- Global Health
- Surgical Education
- Capacity Building
Background:
- Nongovernmental organizations provide surgical outreach to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a focus on capacity building.
- There is a lack of standardized methods to evaluate the effectiveness of these capacity-building initiatives.
- This study addresses the need for measurable steps to benchmark and assess capacity-building efforts in surgical outreach.
Conclusions:
- The CAT-os provides a structured approach to assess local surgical capacity.
- It guides efforts to improve capacity during surgical outreach interventions.
- The tool enables objective measurement of capacity-building impacts in LMICs, supporting sustainable surgical development.
