Global Surgery Symposium 2024: Teaching Surgical Skills for Medical Deserts

The Global Surgery Lab’s recent symposium provided an excellent platform for discussing the challenges and opportunities in surgical training for multidisciplinary healthcare providers in low-resource settings. With over 120 participants from around the world, both in-person and virtually, the event explored and compared the delivery of surgical care programs for medical deserts on a global scale.

MAIN TOPICS

  • Global Surgery Training at Baylor University: An Innovative Approach
  • The Global Surgery Foundation: SurgHUB
  • Training General Surgeons in Africa: Views from Two Generations of Program Directors
  • The International Surgical Training Program: Upskilling surgeons to work in MSF Contexts
  • Rapid Fire Poster Presentations
  • Surgical Simulation Models for Low-Resource Settings
  • Opportunities for Training in Different Contexts
  • Perspectives on Training Surgeons, Nurses, and Midwives in High Income and Low-Income Environments

One attendee provided the following feedback in a survey sent out after the event:

The diversity of perspectives provided a much more in-depth understanding of the complex issue and various approaches to address this. Additionally, the opportunity to connect with like-minded folks was incredibly appreciated.

Read the report here.