PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dresang, Lee T.
AU  - Rodney, Wm. MacMillan
AU  - Leeman, Lawrence
AU  - Dees, Jason
AU  - Koch, Paul
AU  - Palencia, Mauricio
TI  - Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics in Ecuador: Teaching the Teachers
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.17.4.276
DP  - 2004 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
PG  - 276--282
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/4/276.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/4/276.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2004 Jul 01; 17
AB  - 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.