International Surgical Efforts within U.S Academic Institutions: Results of a Survey by the AAS/SUS Joint Committee on International Academic Surgery

Interest in international surgical volunteerism: results of a survey of members of the American Pediatric Surgical Association

“…These results compare with those of a recent survey by the Association for Academic Surgery and Society for University Surgeons Joint Committee on International Academic Surgery [15]. The Committee polled US academic surgical centers and found that 70% of centers had no means of acknowledging faculty who had volunteered internationally.…”

Cardiac surgery publications in Africa over the last 20 years: A literature review

“…A survey performed by the Society of University Surgeons and the Association for Academic Surgery showed as few as 30% of academic medical centres in the USA held international partnerships and 70% of these partnerships were unfunded or relied on variable funding; 41% of the programmes reported a lack of allowance for time off to engage in international work. 27 Even though there has been a rise in global surgery engagement, there is currently inadequate infrastructure in place to support these longitudinal partnerships in the USA. Policy changes in academic medical centres in HIC that allow for time away and funding to engage in international partnerships can promote desired long-term, long-distance, collaborative research between HIC and LMIC.…”