Anesthesiologist Training, Home or Abroad?

JARIYA LERTAKYAMANEE, M.D.*

Affiliation : * Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. t This article was presented in "Education-developing countries" session, the 12'h World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, June 4-9,2000. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

AbstractAnesthesiology training in various countries vary a lot in structure, manpower, duration, budget, material, and equipment. Training at home results in better understanding of local problems. Anesthesiologists in developing countries have to adapt and endure the challenge of training abroad. The results are knowledges in anesthesia, new techniques and equipment, new contacts and under standing of other way of life. But many countries have lost their anesthesiologists from emigration. Training abroad is useful only when the trainees bring the knowledge back home and help their countrymen.

Keywords : Anesthesiology Training, Developing Country

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