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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 82:433-6 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The Orthopaedic Forum

Overseas Volunteerism in Orthopaedic Education

DAVID ROVINSKY, M.D., HOLLY P. BROWN, M.D., R. RICHARD COUGHLIN, M.D., GUY D. PAIEMENT, M.D. and DAVID S. BRADFORD, M.D.

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We are entering a critical time in health care, when an increasing number of surgeons are becoming disillusioned with the practice of medicine. We are facing increasing patient-care demands with decreasing rewards. It has been shown that physicians who are involved in managed care, or who practice in areas with a high level of managed-care penetration, provide less charity care1. Encouraging early participation and decreasing the barriers are crucial to creating a culture of physician volunteerism5.

At the University of California, San Francisco, a program has been established to expose orthopaedic residents to an overseas volunteer experience during their training with the hope that they will continue involvement in such experiences throughout their careers. In this report, we discuss the need for increasing volunteerism in orthopaedic surgery and review the history of the overseas volunteer program at the University of California, San Francisco.

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