Publication Feature

Publication Feature: Availability of surgical services in rural British Columbia

Publication Feature: Availability of surgical services in rural British Columbia

Brooke McDonald, BGSC faculty members, Dr. Ryan Falk, Dr. Emilie Joos, Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard, and members of the Global Surgery Lab have recently published a study on family physicians with enhanced surgical skills and obstetric surgical skills while detailing their locations and procedural scope. Find out more here. ABSTRACT Background: Family physicians with enhanced surgical skills […]

Publication Feature: Defining a Framework and Evaluation Metrics for Sustainable Global Surgical Partnerships: A Modified Delphi Study

Publication Feature: Defining a Framework and Evaluation Metrics for Sustainable Global Surgical Partnerships: A Modified Delphi Study

      Catherine Binda, BGSC faculty members Dr. Emilie Joos, Dr. Faizal Haji, Dr. Shahrzad Joharifard as well several members of the Global Surgery Lab have recently published a study that used expert consensus to build a concrete and realistic framework and checklist to evaluate sustainability in global surgery partnerships (GSPs). For more info, […]

Publication Feature: Creation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol for Children with Wilms Tumours in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Publication Feature: Creation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol for Children with Wilms Tumours in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Mercedes Pilkington (our MGSC alumni), along with another MGSC alumni, Godfrey Sama Philipo and Mary Brindle, have recently published the results of a study to develop contextually-appropriate enhanced recovery after surgery recommendations for children undergoing resection for Wilms tumours in a low-resource setting.     This study was based on Dr. Pilkington’s final MGSC project […]

Publication Feature: SURG 542 Directed Study in Global Surgical Care – Student Reviews Published

Publication Feature: SURG 542 Directed Study in Global Surgical Care – Student Reviews Published

In SURG 542, students carry out an exhaustive search of the world literature, on a global surgical care topic of their choice. Congratulations to several of our MGSC alumni who have had their manuscripts from their reviews published in preeminent journals. See below and click on the links to read. Richard Bresler Esther Chin Ryan […]

Publication Feature: Training and capacity building in obstetric fistula repair: A scoping review

Publication Feature: Training and capacity building in obstetric fistula repair: A scoping review

Esther Anne Chin (our MGSC alumni) and Steven Arrowsmith have recently published a scoping review on training and capacity building in obstetric fistula repair. For more info, click on the link. Abstract Background An ongoing barrier to sustainable obstetric fistula (OF) care is the lack of trained fistula surgeons. Despite a standardized training curriculum, data […]