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Sufficient physician training is integral to optimizing patient outcomes through timely diagnosis and appropriate management. Therefore we sought to characterize podoconiosis instruction offered to medical students in endemic African countries.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We invited faculty from 170 medical schools in all podoconiosis-endemic African countries to provide information about podoconiosis inclusion in medical curricula. Surveys were available in French and English and captured podoconiosis knowledge, quantity\/quality of instruction, ranking of importance relative to other diseases and barriers for improvement. Respondents voluntarily shared responses online or by telephone.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Study participants provided information about curricula at 97 medical schools across 14 countries. In total, 42.6% of schools across nine countries offered podoconiosis-specific instruction; most respondents felt that the quality (60.4%) and quantity (61.5%) of instruction was insufficient. Common barriers to sufficient training included exclusion from government curricula, prioritization according to caseload and scarce epidemiological data.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our study demonstrates widespread neglect in podoconiosis training for physicians in endemic countries. Government support is needed to ensure curricula match the needs of health workers practicing in rural, low-income regions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/traa089","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,26]],"date-time":"2020-08-26T19:14:17Z","timestamp":1598469257000},"page":"899-907","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["\u2018Far from the views of decision-makers\u2019: podoconiosis instruction at medical schools across endemic countries in Africa"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"114","author":[{"given":"Kelly","family":"Fowler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lilian Nantume","family":"Wampande","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for One Health, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, 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