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Table 2 Example of incompatible objectives experienced in an unsuccessful GHE

From: The complex relationships involved in global health: a qualitative description

Stakeholder group

Objective

Individual GHE participant

Gain trainee-level, supervised surgical experience in resource-poor setting.

Host community

Accept trainee with expectation that they will work independently and relieve local surgeons.

Sponsoring body

Increase surgical capacity in host community with instruction of local surgical trainees by visiting trainee participant.