Each 3-credit course is delivered completely online over a period of 12 weeks. Courses are designed to bring different and complementary essential aspects that provide depth and breadth to the subject. Students will research journal articles, view videos, complete course-specific tasks and assignments as well as engage in facilitated online discussion forums.
Individual Courses
The following courses can be taken as an independent* student:
Students will examine the historical beginnings, the reasons for the emergence of surgical care in the public health agenda and the details of the global burden of surgical care need. Learn more
This course is intended to introduce learners in surgical care to surgical clinical research methods. The course will emphasize approaches to clinical research that are different for surgical research compared to medical research. Students will learn many aspects of the research process from research proposal development, to data analysis and statistical methods used in surgical research, to grant writing. This course will also provide an opportunity for students to learn about systematic reviews, quality improvement and assurance, and technology evaluation in surgical research. Learn more
*Any student not in the GCGSC or MGSC programs wishing to take this graduate course must submit an application package to BGSC and be a UBC Student in one of the following categories:
- Resident (year 3 as of July) PGY-3 and above from one of the BGSC Member Departments, Faculty of Medicine;
- Fellow from one of the BGSC Member Departments, Faculty of Medicine;
- Graduate student enrolled in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science;
- Graduate student who is a part of the Engineers in Scrubs (EiS) program, Faculty of Applied Science;
- Graduate student enrolled in the BGSC Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care (GCGSC) or Master of Global Surgical Care (MGSC) program, Faculty of Medicine
GCGSC Courses
The following courses can be taken as a GCGSC student:
- SURG 510 – Surgical Care in International Health
- SURG 512 – Global Disability: A Surgical Care Mandate
- SURG 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response
- SURG 516 – Program Planning and Evaluation in Surgical Care Low Resource Settings
*Note that GCGSC students may take SURG 517 as an additional course if they wish, but it cannot be used to substitute one of the above four core courses.
MGSC Courses
The following courses can be taken as a MGSC student:
- SURG 510 – Surgical Care in International Health
- SURG 512 – Global Disabilities: A Surgical Care Mandate
- SURG 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response
- SURG 516 – Program Planning and Evaluation in Surgical Care Low Resource Settings
- SURG 517 – Clinical Research Methods for Surgical Procedures with Global Surgical Comparisons
- SURG 518 – Surgical Care in Canada’s Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities with Global Comparisons
- SURG 542 – Directed Study in Global Surgical Care
- SURG 560 – Global Surgical Care Field Practicum (6 credits)