Bethune Round Table 2023 – May 27 – 29, 2023, Toronto, ON
Date: May 27 28 29 2023 Location: Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada The Bethune Roundtable is an annual interdisciplinary meeting hosted at a Canadian academic centre to discuss challenges and solutions to improving surgical care to underserved and marginalized patients locally, regionally and globally. The objective of the meeting is to bring […]
Event Recording Now Available: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds
Missed the live event? Access the recording here. Title: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds Date: December 7th, 7:00 am Pacific Presenters: Dr. Ryan Falk, MD CCFP(ESS) FCFP MGSC | Adjunct Professor, Branch for International Surgical Care, Department of Surgery; Clinical Instructor, Department […]
Upcoming Event: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds
Title: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds Date: December 7th, 7:00 am Pacific Location: Zoom Presenters: Dr. Ryan Falk, MD CCFP(ESS) FCFP MGSC | Adjunct Professor, Branch for International Surgical Care, Department of Surgery; Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, UBC Circumpolar Surgery: The […]
Publication Feature: Evaluation of Interventions Addressing Timely Access to Surgical Care in Low-Income and Low-Middle-Income Countries as Outlined by the LANCET Commission 2030 Global Surgery Goals: A Systematic Review
Catherine Binda, Irena Zivkovic and BISC Advisory Committee and Faculty Members Damian Duffy, Geoffrey Blair, and Robert Baird recently published an article evaluating interventions to address timely access to surgical care, using the six global surgery goals from the 2015 Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. To read the full text, please visit here. Abstract Background: […]
Publication Feature: Training low–middle‑income (LMIC) pediatric surgeons in a high‑income country (HIC) program
A team including BISC faculty and advisory committee members (Robert Baird, Geoffrey Blair, Damian Duffy, Phyllis Kisa) recently published an article exploring the effectiveness of their Low Income Country (LIC)-High Income Country (HIC) educational partnership. To read the full text, please visit here. Abstract: Background A popular paradigm to support surgical education for low- […]