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  • Conclusion of the Bethune Round Table 2022 – VIRTUAL MEETING – Decolonizing Global Health

    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 are able to share strategies and create solutions for improving surgical care to these under-serviced regions. The […] Read More

  • Student Spotlight: Josh Wiedermann

          Josh Wiedermann is a senior associate consultant who practices Pediatric Otolaryngology. He currently lives in Rochester, MN, United States. Read on to find out more about Josh, his background and experiences, what lead him to the field of global surgical care, the MGSC, and more!   What has inspired you to study […] Read More

  • SURG 560 Global Surgical Care Field Practicum – Final Student Reports Published

      In SURG 560, learners conceptualize and design, at a graduate level, a surgical care project, either in a research or educational development format, for a low resource setting globally. Several MGSC students recently completed and published their final project reports. Read them here. Read More

  • Join the Global Surgery Lab!

    Are you interested in learning about global surgery and participating in our projects, or want to pitch your own idea? Join the Global Surgery Lab! We are a diverse group of students, nurses, and physicians who deeply care about improving access to surgical care worldwide and believe that those solutions come from the ground up. […] Read More

  • Global Surgery Elective – Available for UBC 4th Year MD Students

    Are you a 4th year UBC medical student interested in learning more about global surgical care? In this 2-week global surgery elective course, you will have the opportunity to explore global surgery with the support of an experienced BGSC faculty member as a preceptor. Register today! Read More

  • SURG 512: Global Disability– A Surgical Care Mandate

    In this online graduate course, students will critique current models of addressing the fact that globally, one billion people live with a disability of whom 80% live in resource limited settings which further compounds the family and public burden and discuss frameworks for moving forward. Read More

  • SURG 517: Clinical Research Methods for Surgical Procedures with Global Surgical Comparisons

    This course is intended to introduce learners in surgical care to surgical clinical research methods and emphasize approaches to clinical research that are different for surgical research compared to medical research. Read More

  • SURG 542: Directed Study in Global Surgical Care

    Through the Directed Study course, students will carry out an exhaustive search of the world literature, on a global surgical care topic of their choice. Read More

  • SURG 510: Surgical Care in International Health

    In this online course, students will examine the historical beginnings, the reasons for the emergence of surgical care in the public health agenda and the details of the global burden of surgical care need. Read More

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Advancing surgical care globally

Global surgery is an emerging discipline that aims to build capacity in surgical care in the areas of the world where it is most needed. Global surgical care delivery projects, international partnerships focused on surgical care education and research, and global disasters either man made or natural requiring a surgical care response all highlight the opportunities and necessity for appropriately trained health professionals. The graduate-level programs at Branch for Global Surgical Care (BGSC) were designed to meet the learning needs of surgical care clinicians, residents in training and health professionals from many disciplines who wish to incorporate international surgical care into their careers.

Our Programs

Delivered fully online and accessible internationally, our programs are available to students all around the world.

Interdisciplinary in nature. Join a diverse classroom of surgeons and allied health professionals from different disciplines and regional settings.

Flexible with both full-time and part-time options. Our programs can be integrated at a comfortable pace by working professionals.

News & Events

UBC Hosted the Bethune Round Table 2022

Publication Feature: North–South surgical training partnerships: a systematic review

Video | I Don’t Seem To Be Fine: A Story of Gluteal Fibrosis in Uganda

Video | Stigma on Children with Hearing Loss

MSF-UBC Partnership: Essential Skills Surgical Training Program

Safe Surgical Care: Strategies during a Pandemic

 

Meet Our Community

Dr. Robert Baird

Dr. Hossam Elsharkawi

Dr. Nadine Caron

 

BGSC and Planetary Health

To contribute towards the strategy of including global health and planetary health in the achievement of the Department of Surgery Strategic Plan 2022-2025, and the BGSC Strategic Plan 2022-2027, and acknowledgement that health care is responsible for 5% of global CO2 emissions, on par with the aviation industry, BGSC is committed towards helping reduce the environmental footprint of surgical care worldwide.

 

Read more about the work of Advisory Committee member, Dr. Andrea MacNeill and the UBC Planetary Health Lab here.

Global Roadmap for Decarbonization of Health Care

Organizations involved in Planetary Health
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)

Climate in Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Surgery Team (COAST)
Doctors for Planetary Health (West Coast)

Our Graduates

 

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

Dr. S. P. Bugis

MD, FACS, FRCSC
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care
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

 

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