Qualitative Analysis of the Host-Perceived Impact of Unidirectional Global Surgery Training in Kijabe, Kenya: Benefits, Challenges, and a Desire for Bidirectional Exchange.

"The authors wish to acknowledge all individuals from AIC Kijabe Hospital who participated in interviews or who have been involved in hosting visitors from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). We also thank John Tarpley, Maggie Tarpley, Kyla Terhune, Erik Hansen, Amanda Hansen, Peter Bird, and Beryl Akinyi for their efforts to establish and maintain the partnership between VUMC and AIC Kijabe Hospital that allowed for the development and continuation of a global surgery rotation for VUMC general surgery residents. Furthermore, we would like to thank the VUMC Section of Surgical Sciences, the AIC Kijabe Hospital Department of Surgery, the Medical Scholars Program at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and the Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health for their support of this project. Finally, we would like to thank Nick Carter, Gretchen Edwards, Liz Nelson, and Maren Shipe from the Vanderbilt General Surgery Residency Program for providing feedback about their experiences at AIC Kijabe Hospital that was used to generate preliminary questions for our semi-structured interview guide, and Gretchen Jackson, Gretchen Edwards, Carolyn Audet, Chelsea Shikuku, Sarah Rachal, and Sandra Huynh, for their feedback regarding project design, data analysis, and manuscript development."