Upcoming Event: Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) Partnership Celebration Grand Rounds

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

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

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- […]

SURG 560 Final Report: A pilot survey of access to breast cancer treatment in Guyana

SURG 560 Final Report: A pilot survey of access to breast cancer treatment in Guyana

Anise Barton, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC cIRcle. This report is a summary of the final practicum project “A pilot survey of access to breast cancer treatment in Guyana” conducted January 2019 – Aug 2021. To read the full text, please visit here.

SURG 560 Final Report: : Regional Perioperative Education Program : Rural Model Evaluation Framework

Maria Brinza, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC cIRcle. This report is a summary of the final practicum project “Regional Perioperative Education Program: Rural Model Evaluation Framework” conducted January 2021 – Aug 2021. To read the full text, please visit here.