Publication Feature: A Journey Undertaken by Families to Access General Surgical Care for their Children at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania; Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Godfrey Sama Philipo (current MGSC student) recently published an article in the World Journal of Surgery examining barriers in access to surgical care in low-and middle income countries. To read the full text, please visit here To read Godfrey’s student spotlight, please visit here. Abstract Background A majority of the 2 billion children lacking access […]
Publication Feature: Surgical Task-Sharing in the Western Canadian Arctic: A Networked Model Between Family Physicians with Enhanced Surgical Skills and Specialist Surgeons.
Ryan Falk (past MGSC student and current BGSC Faculty member), Dawnelle Topstad and BGSC Faculty member Dr. Laura Lee, recently published an article in the World Journal of Surgery exploring how family physicians in enhanced surgical skills (FP-ESS) provide access to surgical care for rural and remote populations, focusing on the Beaufort Delta Region of […]
Publication Feature: Building global surgical workforce capacity through academic partnerships
Zineb Bentousi and Anisa Nazir (past GCGSC student) recently published an article exploring how global surgery academic partnerships between institutions in high-income countries (HICs) and low-middle income countries can be a model of sustainable collaborations based on mutual interest. To read the full text, please visit here To read Anisa’s alumni spotlight, please visit here. […]
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- […]