Application Deadline for September 2020 Intake: June 19
Applications are open for the Master of Global Surgical Care and Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care. These online programs are for interdisciplinary surgical care professionals focused on addressing challenges and contributing to solutions in low-resource settings. Apply by June 19th to start in September 2020! Click here for more information, and here to apply.
Safe Surgical Care: Strategies during a Pandemic
Free Online Course – Module 5 Now Launched!
The UBC Branch for International Surgical Care, Continuing Professional Development and Extended Learning have just launched a new free online course, Safe Surgical Care: Strategies during a Pandemic to inform surgical teams of the risk during pandemics, prepare them to respond appropriately, give them tools to ensure their safety, build pathways to maintain specific surgical services and mitigate long term impacts. The course includes real-life case studies, clinical examples, physician-led discussions, expert interviews, interactive quiz questions, and curated resources.
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Video | I Don't Seem To Be Fine: A Story of Gluteal Fibrosis in Uganda
In January 2020 a team of medical professionals from Canada and the US traveled to Kumi, Uganda to provide surgery for 100 children with Gluteal Fibrosis and start a long-term research study on the condition. BISC SURG 512 Instructor and Advisory Committee Member, Dr. Norgrove Penny, was part of the team and has shared this video documenting the January 2020 trip. For more information, and to help provide more surgeries for children, visit http://www.rebalancelegacysociety.org
Film produced by Bethea Penny (Baetli) www.baetli.com
Our Graduates
Alumni of the Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care are leaders in their fields from across multiple disciplines who are implementing their skills and knowledge from the program in global surgical care in low resource settings.
“The graduate certificate further stimulated my interest in all aspects of global surgery. It has provided me with excellent knowledge and perspective both in my own global activities and in listening to others describe their experience, either individually or in a conference setting.”
Dr. S. P. Bugis, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C.
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, UBC
Board Chair, Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS)
Vice President, Physician Affairs and Specialist Practice, Doctors of B.C
Dr. Bugis with the Clinical Officers from the Fundamental Interventions, Referral and Safe Transfer (FIRST) course provided by the Canadian Network for International Surgical Care (CNIS) in Tanga, Tanzania.
“The Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care course should be essential for any medical student, resident or physician working in global health. Safe and sustainable global surgery is more than just performing a surgical procedure. The course enhances your ability to provide effective and ethical global surgical care.”
Dr. F. Gigi Osler , MD, FRCSC (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery)
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
Past President, Canadian Medical Association
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba
MSF-UBC Partnership: Essential Skills Surgical Training Program
There is a shortage of surgical providers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and especially in countries that do not provide access to formal surgical training programs, such as South Sudan. One of the potential solutions to this shortage of providers is training and validating non-surgeon physicians (NSP) to perform surgical procedures, which is called task-shifting or task-sharing. In 2019, a partnership between MSF Operational Center Paris (OCP) and UBC-BISC was agreed upon to create a surgical task-sharing curriculum, in order to help build capacity in MSF-surgical projects in South Sudan. A team of UBC affiliated professors designed an Essential Surgical Skills (ESS) curriculum, targeted for implementation in Aweil, South Sudan. Experienced specialists were chosen for designing each module, based on their expertise in their field as well as global surgery experience. The training officially began July 1st 2019.
BISC Associate Director, Dr. Emilie Joos is a practicing general surgeon and trauma surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital. She has been working with Médecins Sans Frontières since 2015 and was deployed several times in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2017 she completed her Emergency Response Unit training with the Canadian Red Cross and is now on the roster for deployment. Dr. Joos is the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director, Instructor for the Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma, and Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Director.Dr. Joos will be travelling to Aweil in March 2020 to supervise and support the training program. For more information, visit our International Projects page: https://internationalsurgery.med.ubc.ca/global-initiatives/projects/international-projects/
Bethune Round Table Conference on Global Surgery
The Bethune Round Table (BRT) is an annual interdisciplinary meeting aimed at addressing the challenges of providing accessible, high-quality surgical care to marginalized patients in low-resource settings. By bringing health professionals across a variety of disciplines together, we share strategies and create solutions for improving surgical care to these under-serviced regions.
The 2020 Bethune Roundtable has been cancelled in response to COVID-19. Please see the Round Table update below.
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