RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics in Ecuador: Teaching the Teachers
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 276
OP 282
DO 10.3122/jabfm.17.4.276
VO 17
IS 4
A1 Lee T. Dresang
A1 Wm. MacMillan Rodney
A1 Lawrence Leeman
A1 Jason Dees
A1 Paul Koch
A1 Mauricio Palencia
YR 2004
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/4/276.abstract
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.