| Another important factor is to have knowledge about what is really lacking in the skill and training of local surgeons and what resources are lacking in that place, such as no public funds to perform certain procedures, equipment, and structured surgical centers. This issue is important to be outlined at the time of programming and methodologic organization of each mission so that teams are divided according to each subspecialty and need of the area to be addressed by the surgeons who will perform the training. Preparation of these professionals is one of the most relevant factors, as from this stage, the next steps will be well organized and structured financially, theoretically, and practically, with the insertion of the best possible integration between local surgeons and those of medical missions. Thus we can verify results are increasingly satisfactory for the surgical team and especially for the patients, who are the main reason for the project. Therefore the emphasis of physicians who compose the teams for these missions should be on the needs that will be researched with the staff of the place to be approached, identification of each topic to be approached, and the best forms of intervention in each region. |