Global Surgery Lab Symposium: Surgical Education for Medical Deserts

9:00 AM

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Opening Remarks

Welcome from Emilie Joos and Shahrzad Joharifard.

9:05 AM

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Remarks from the Branch for Global Surgical Care

Welcome from Sam Bugis, Medical Director of the Branch for Global Surgical Care

9:10 AM

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Building a Global Surgery Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine

Presented by: Rachel Davis, Program Director, Global Surgery Residency Track, Baylor College of Medicine

10:10 AM

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Networking Break

Refreshments will be served.

10:40 AM

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SURGHub Update: Open-Access Courses for Surgical Providers Everywhere in the World

Presented by: Francesca Vitucci, Project Manager, UN Global Surgery Learning Hub

11:00 AM

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Rapid Fire #1: Surgical Simulators

1. Low-Cost Cricothyroidotomy - Lukas Tim, Surgery Resident 2. Intestinal Atresia - Abdullah Mashat, Surgery Resident 3. Pediatric Inguinal Hernia - Peter Malik, Medical Student 4. Post-Partum Hemorrhage - Yiting Wu, Engineering Student

11:30 AM

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Training General Surgeons in Africa: Views from Two Generations of Program Directors

Presented by: Jim Brown, Retired PAACS Residency Program Director and Moses Kasumba, Pediatric Surgery Fellow, BCCH

12:30 PM

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Lunch

Lunch will be served.

1:30 PM

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The Intersectional Surgical Training Program: Upskilling Surgeons to Work in MSF Contexts

Presented by: Inga Osmers, Orthopedic Surgeon, Germany and Program Director, ISTP.

2:10 PM

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Rapid Fire #2: Education in Low-Resource Settings

1. The Essential Surgical Skills Program in Aweil, a competency-by-design approach - Olga Bednarek, Pediatric Surgery Fellow 2. Teaching First-Aid to Responders of Mine Injuries - Hannah Wild, Rural Surgery Fellow