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
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
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 […]
Publication Feature: Pediatric Burn Care in the Developing World: Where Are the Gaps in Research and What Can Be Done?
MGSC student, Richard Mark Bresler, along with his two other colleagues published an article in the Journal of Burn Care & Research looking forward to discover more about the gaps in the research of Pediatric Burn Care and what can be done to address these issues. Click on the link to read the full publication. […]
Publication Feature: Surgery in the western Canadian Arctic: The relative impact of family physicians with enhanced surgical skills working collaboratively with specialist surgeons
Ryan Falk (MGSC alumnus and current BGSC Faculty member) and Dawnelle Topstad recently published an article in the Canadian Journal of Rural Surgery seeking to understand the relative impact of family physicians with enhanced surgical skills (FP-ESS) and Specialist Surgeons in the surgical care of a mostly Indigenous rural and remote community in the western […]