Bidirectional needs assessment of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery short‐term surgical trips to Ethiopia and Kenya

Abstract Objectives To create an otolaryngology‐specific needs assessment tool for short‐term global surgical trips and to describe our findings from its implementation. Methods Surveys 1 and 2 were developed based on a literature review and disseminated to Low‐Middle Income (LMIC) hosting institutions in Kenya and Ethiopia and to High‐Income surgical trip participants (HIC), respectively. Respondents were otolaryngologists identified online, through professional organizations, and by word‐of‐mouth, who had participated in a surgical trip of