Global Surgery is an interdisciplinary field of enquiry, research, practice, and advocacy that aims to create greater value in healthcare by improving health outcomes and achieving health equity for all people who need surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia care, with an emphasis on underserved, marginalized and vulnerable populations. It aims to strengthen surgical health systems and to enable leaders in healthcare in the public, private and voluntary sectors to become change agents within their context. Global Surgery is the interface between surgical care and health systems and focusses on strengthening health systems and equity by improving access to surgical care, and the quality Global Surgery research interrogates both the unmet need for access to care and quality of surgical care, with a focus on health system strengthening.
The symposium will focus on the aim and objectives of Global Surgery research, which interrogates both the unmet need for access to care and quality of surgical care, with a focus 2 on health system strengthening. Hence these year’s symposium theme is entitled “Global Surgery in Action: Strengthening surgical health systems” which will focus both on global surgery clinical research and implementation projects done on strengthening the surgical healthcare systems. Furthermore with the focus on three Global Surgery Research priorities (1) essential surgeries, (2) underlying health conditions, and (3) surgical disciplines. The short (10 min) presentations will cover research topics falling in any of the 7 building blocks of the health systems in the context of the three Global Surgery Research priorities mentioned earlier. Which includes (1) social determinants and prevention, (2) epidemiology and the health system, (3) perioperative care (4) surgical services, (5) health economics, (6) the patient and community and (7) advocacy and policy.
The key function of health systems in the context of Global Surgery, is implementing interventions to improve healthcare, and quality of life through by promoting access to surgical care. This event will showcase the current research being done in Global surgery in Africa
SCHEUDLE
👋 8:30 | Delegates Registration and Networking
🌐 Session 1: Surgical training and leadership | Chairs: Dr Caroline Pule and Mr Waheed Amanjee
➡️ 09:00 | Welcome: Ms Yejin Jang, Surgical Society President
➡️ 09:15 | Opening Address: Dr Linda Mtwisha, Director of Research, UCT
➡️ 09:30 | Panel discussion: Surgical Leadership, Policy and Advocacy
Facilitator: Prof Salome Maswime
Panelists: Prof Zwelethu Jolobe: Head of Department of Political Studies, UCT | Dr Tracey Adams: Gynae-oncologist Groote Schuur Hospital | Prof Lucy Gilson: Head of the Health Systems and Policy Division, UCT | Prof Steve Reid, Head of the FACE Department, UCT
➡️ 10:30 | Panel discussion: Exposure to surgical training for medical students and junior doctors
Facilitator: Ms Khwezi Zwane
Panelists: Dr Peace Francis: Medical Intern Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital | Mr Regan Boden: 6th year MBChB student (UCT) | Ms Vuthlarhi Shirindza: 5th year MBChB student (UCT) | Mr Ramses Wonkam: 4th year MBChB student (UCT)
⚫ 11:30 | TEA BREAK
🌐 Session 2: Keynote Session - Global Surgery in Action | Chair: Ms Asande Vilane | Facilitator: Dr Simon Le Roux
➡️ 12:00 | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
➡️ 12:05 | Prof Bisola Onajin-Obember, Anaesthesiologist, University of Port Harcourt
➡️ 12:35 | A/Prof Tracy Naledi, Deputy Dean of Health Services, UCT
⚫ 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
🌐 Session 3: Global Surgery Research and Implementation : Chair: Dr Rowan Duys | Facilitator: Ms Summin Im
➡️ 14:00 | Global Surgery Framework | Prof Bruce Biccard
➡️ 14:30 | Global Surgery Research Fellowship Programme | Dr Caroline Pule
➡️ 14: 45 | Global Surgery in Action programme| Dr Simon Le Roux
🌐 Plenary: Women’s Surgical outcomes | Chair: Dr Kudzai Chironga | Facilitator: Mr Zander Isaac
➡️ 15:00 | Caesarean section haemorrhage | Dr Elliot Taylor
➡️ 15:10 | Women’s Surgical Outcomes in Africa | Dr Amy Patterson
➡️ 15:20 | Breast cancer outcomes in Eastern Cape | Dr Laurie Milligan
➡️ 15:30 | Breast cancer outcome during the Covid-19 pandemic | Dr Tirsa van Wyngaard
➡️ 15:40 | Limpopo Obstetric Response Programme | Dr Dakalo Muavha
🌐 Plenary: Quality Improvement | Chair: Mr Moses Isiagi | Facilitator: Ms Yanelisa Pulani
➡️ 16:00 | Strengthening District Health Services in the Eastern Cape | Dr Jenny Nash
➡️ 16:10 | Scoping review on quality improvement interventions | Ms Jo Park Ross
➡️ 16:20 | Surgical capacity in District hospitals | Dr Priyanka Naidu
➡️ 16:30 | Perioperative registries in low resource setting | Dr Fitsum Kifle
👋 16:40 | Vote of Thanks | Prof Salome Maswime