Providing Laboratory Medicine Training in a Low-Resource Setting.

OBJECTIVESWe developed and participated in a 1-week laboratory medicine training presented from June 3, 2019, to June 7, 2019.METHODSThe training was a combination of daily morning lectures and case presentations as well as afternoon practical sessions in the clinical laboratory. The content was selected over months by local organizers and the visiting faculty and further modified on site to reflect local needs.RESULTSParticipants identified practice changes that could be realized in the short term but most faced significant barriers to implementation in the absence of structured and long-term follow-up.CONCLUSIONSIn this report, we review insights learned from our experience and reflect on strategies for realistic, meaningful, and relevant contributions in the setting of laboratory medicine-oriented short-term programs.