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Publication Feature: Lessons from developing, implementing and sustaining a participatory partnership for children’s surgical care in Tanzania
Godfrey S. Philipo (past MGSC student) recently published an article exploring the lessons from developing, implementing and sustaining a participatory partnership for children’s surgical care in Tanzania. To read the full text, please visit here.
Update for August 2021: MSF-UBC Partnership: Essential Skills Surgical Training Program
In 2019, a partnership between Médecins Sans Frontières (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. View information on the initial partnership here. Report Summary: Three trainees initially enrolled into this first cohort […]
Surgical Task-Sharing to Non-specialist Physicians in Low-Resource Settings Globally: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Dr. Ryan Falk, co-instructor of SURG 518, along with colleagues recently published an article that seeks to explore where, across all country income groups, NSPs are providing surgical services and what additional surgical training, if any, is available in each identified country. To read the full text, please visit here.
Time to operating room matters in modern management of pancreatic injuries: A national review on the management of adult pancreatic injury at Canadian level 1 trauma centers
Dr. Emilie Joos, associate director at BISC, along with colleagues recently undertook a study to evaluate the current diagnosis and management of pancreatic trauma in Canadian trauma centers. To read the full text, please visit here. Abstract Background: Pancreatic injuries are rare, difficult to diagnose, and complex to manage despite multiple published guidelines. This study […]
Publication Feature: Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and evidence synthesis mapping the Three Delays framework to injury health system assessments
Dr. Dan Poenaru, co-instructor of SURG 512, along with Dr. John Whitaker, Dr. Nollaig O’Donohoe, Dr. Max Denning, Dr. Elena Guadago, Dr. Andrew J M Leather, and Dr. Justine I Davies recently published an article that systematically reviewed existing literature on the assessment of LMIC trauma systems, applying the Three Delays framework and rapid assessment principles. […]