Enhancing medical training in conflict zones and remote areas through innovation: introducing the Canadian Virtual Medical University Initiative.

Karim Qayumi¹, Seyedeh Toktam Masoumian Hosseini², Mohsen Masoumian Hosseini³, Asadullah Nejat⁴, Mohibullah Salih⁴, Mammodullah Azimi⁴, Sharif Forqani⁵, Banaras Akbar⁵, Ghulam Farooq⁵, Najibullah Shafaq⁶, Hussain Rustampoor⁶, Nasrin Oryakhil⁷, Masoud Rahmani⁷, Masood Noora⁸, Mohammad Nasir Jallah⁸, Asmatullah Naebkhil⁸, Zubaida Anwari Zhwak⁸, Sohaila Aziz⁸, Farid Ahmad Omar⁸, Ahmad Mustafa Rahimi⁶, Parwin Mansuri⁸, Sumaira Yaftali⁸, Nilofar Sadiq⁸, Jahed Payman⁹, Amanullah Arifzai¹⁰, Mohammed Azim Azimee¹¹, Somaya Waqef¹², Stefan Wisbauer¹³, Joffre Guzmán-Laguna¹⁴, Alberto Ferreres¹⁵

¹Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

²Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.

³Department of E-learning in Medical Science, Smart University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

⁴Departments of Abdominal Diseases, Microbiology, Pharmacology Kabul Medical University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

⁵Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Paktia Medical University, Paktia, Afghanistan.

⁶Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Microbiology, Alberoni Medical University Kapisa, Kohistan, Afghanistan.

⁷Department of Education Canadian Virtual Medical University, Vancouver, Canada.

⁸Department of Education Canadian Virtual Medical University, Toronto, Canada.

⁹Departments of Internal Medicine Balkh University, Balkh, Afghanistan.

¹⁰Department of Pediatrics Khost University, Khost, Afghanistan.

¹¹Department of Biochemistry Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

¹²Department of Education Canadian Virtual Medical University, Herat, Afghanistan.

¹³Co-Chief Executive Officer, Lecturio, Leipzig, Germany.

¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine Landspitali University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.

¹⁵Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The WHO projects a global shortage of 4.3 million physicians by 2030, with the largest deficits in developing and conflict-affected regions. Our aim is to train competent physicians rapidly and affordably through remote education programs. METHODS: We developed an online medical training curriculum with four levels, focusing on different aspects of human body systems using a competenc…

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