Wichita to train doctors for work in Third World

The soldier in Rwanda came to the hospital with a gunshot wound from an AK-47. The doctor available that day, Todd Stephens, grew up in Minneola and figured he'd received a solid education in family ...

[Jeremy]

Is it safe to perform procedures in third world countries that are not legal here in the US. Here in the US family physicians do not perform surgeries. Why are we held to different standards in a third world poverty stricken country. Is it Fair? Can a surgeon truly be "competent" if he/she operates so infrequently?

[Dr ojo oluwaseun Solomon]

I practice in Nigeria.I have my primary fellowship examination both west africa and national in family medicine.I will like to participate in the program.

[Dr ojo oluwaseun Solomon]

I will like to participate in the program

[Dennis Rader]

Me and my buddy Jeffrey Dahlmer would like to participate also.

[Jake]

Is it fair? Well, ask the guy in rural Africa who needs his insides put back together. Maybe he would prefer to just sit outside the hospital and bleed to death rather then let a family med doc who might not be "competent" try to save his life.

Surgical training, on some level, is part of a family medicine residency program. These docs aren't some sort of medical gun slingers out for a good time. They are skilled professionals, doing the best they can in places that don't have the privilege of being held to the same standards as American medicine.