Graduating Projects

SURG 560 Final Report: Chronic schistosomiasis infection and obstetric fistula repair outcomes in Lubango, Angola : A retrospective chart review

SURG 560 Final Report: Chronic schistosomiasis infection and obstetric fistula repair outcomes in Lubango, Angola : A retrospective chart review

      Esther Chin, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle. This report summarizes the final practicum project “Chronic schistosomiasis infection and obstetric fistula repair outcomes in Lubango, Angola : A retrospective chart review.” This retrospective chart review aimed to assess the correlation between chronic schistosomiasis […]

SURG 560 Final Report: Assessment of barriers to accessing pediatric cerebral palsy treatment in Uganda from the clinicians’ perspectives: Pilot study

SURG 560 Final Report: Assessment of barriers to accessing pediatric cerebral palsy treatment in Uganda from the clinicians’ perspectives: Pilot study

      Lexington Kinnear, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle. This report summarizes the final practicum project “Assessment of barriers to accessing pediatric cerebral palsy treatment in Uganda from the clinicians’ perspectives: Pilot study.” This pilot project studied the patient-related and institutional barriers to pediatric […]

SURG 560 Final Report: Out of pocket and catastrophic health expenditures of families from seeking pediatric surgical care in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

SURG 560 Final Report: Out of pocket and catastrophic health expenditures of families from seeking pediatric surgical care in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Godfrey Sama Philipo, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle.  This report summarizes the final practicum project “Out of pocket and catastrophic health expenditures of families from seeking pediatric surgical care in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania.” Dr. Sama Philipo’s project was a retrospective study which […]

SURG 560 Final Report: Creation of an embedded surgical registry to follow patient outcomes in a low resource environment

SURG 560 Final Report: Creation of an embedded surgical registry to follow patient outcomes in a low resource environment

Josh Wiedermann, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle.  This report summarizes the final practicum project “Creation of an embedded surgical registry to follow patient outcomes in a low resource environment.” Dr. Wiedermann’s project focused on accessibility of creation of an external server survey system that […]

SURG 560 Final Report: Accessibility of Computed Tomography (CT) : Survey to identify underserved populations in rural Alberta

SURG 560 Final Report: Accessibility of Computed Tomography (CT) : Survey to identify underserved populations in rural Alberta

  May Yau, a student of the MGSC program, recently published their SURG 560 final report to UBC CIRcle.  This report summarizes the final practicum project “Accessibility of Computed Tomography (CT): Survey to identify underserved populations in Rural Alberta”. This study consisted of a mixed methods survey of physicians who practice emergency medicine out of […]