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Schedule

* All times are based on Canada/Pacific PST.

Friday

May 3

09:00

Canada/Pacific
09:00 - 09:05 PDT

Opening Remarks

Welcome from Emilie Joos and Shahrzad Joharifard.

09:05

Canada/Pacific
09:05 - 09:10 PDT

Remarks from the Branch for Global Surgical Care

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

09:10

Canada/Pacific
09:10 - 10:10 PDT

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

Canada/Pacific
10:10 - 10:40 PDT

Networking Break

Refreshments will be served.

10:40

Canada/Pacific
10:40 - 11:00 PDT

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

Canada/Pacific
11:00 - 11:30 PDT

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

Canada/Pacific
11:30 - 12:30 PDT

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

Canada/Pacific
12:30 - 13:30 PDT

Lunch

Lunch will be served.

13:30

Canada/Pacific
13:30 - 14:10 PDT

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

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

14:10

Canada/Pacific
14:10 - 14:40 PDT

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

14:40

Canada/Pacific
14:40 - 15:00 PDT

Networking Break

Refreshments will be served.

15:00

Canada/Pacific
15:00 - 15:45 PDT

Panel Discussion #1: Perspectives on Training Surgeons in High Income and Low Income Environments

Panelists: Rachel Davis, Moses Kasumba, Jim Brown, Inga Osmers

15:45

Canada/Pacific
15:45 - 16:30 PDT

Panel Discussion #2: Perspectives on Training Nurses and Midwives in High Income and Low Income Environments

Panelists: Carolyn Brown, Wound Care Nurse, Kellie Thiessen, Director, UBC School of Midwifery, and Erin Bryant, Manager, Clinical Nursing Education

16:30

Canada/Pacific
16:30 - 16:35 PDT

Closing Remarks

Presented by Emilie Joos and Shahrzad Joharifard

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