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Barriers and Enablers to the Production of Open Access Medical Education Platforms: Scoping Review
A scoping review of free open access medical education platforms found quality control, poorly structured content and long-term funding to be common barriers, while validated quality tools and partnerships helped.
JMIR Medical Education · November 2025
Advancing Open-Access Education for the Surgical Team Worldwide: The Development and Rollout of the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub (SURGhub)
Describes the development and rollout of SURGhub, a free, low-bandwidth e-learning platform for the surgical team launched in 2023, and its early uptake by learners around the world.
World Journal of Surgery · June 2025
E-learning Supporting Surgical Training in Low-Resource Settings
Reviews how e-learning supports surgical training in low-resource settings. Trainees value both local and external resources but face poor infrastructure, uneven content quality and a lack of material suited to their context.
Current Surgery Reports · April 2024