Note to myself: I put up this blog post just as an example of what the podcast series Surgery101* has to offer. The site has numerous excellent podcasts and show notes on surgical topics.
*Visit the home page above to get an idea of all the great resources the site has.
In order to gain access to the show notes of each podcast you will need to get a yearly subscription which is only $4.99 for the whole year. The show notes are a complete transcript of the podcast along with the references.
For an introduction to Global Surgery, see The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery
Published: April 28, 2015:
Executive Summary
The global burden of disease amenable to surgical intervention, such as trauma, cancer, and complications from childbirth, is substantial and growing. Despite this, there are currently gross disparities in access to safe surgical care worldwide. Surgery is an integral, indivisible component of a properly functioning health system, and all people should have access to safe, high-quality surgical and anesthesia care with financial protection when needed. The purpose of The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is to make this vision a reality by embedding surgery within the global health agenda, catalysing political change, and defining scalable solutions for provision of quality surgical and anesthesia care for all.
In this post I link to three podcasts from Surgery101 that discuss The Global Surgery Initiative:
- Introduction to Global Surgery
Betty Yibrehu. June 5, 2019 Medical Education- “In this episode of Surgery 101 Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., will discuss global surgery.
- By the end of this podcast you should be able to:
- Define what global surgery is.
- Describe the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.
- Define the 2030 global surgery goals”
- References to the talk are in the PDF show notes [the transcript of the podcast].
- “In this episode of Surgery 101 Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., will discuss global surgery.
- How Global Surgery Works
Betty Yibrehu•June 12, 2019Medical Education- “This episode of Surgery 101 is the 2nd in a 3-part series about global surgery, and is brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C..
By the end of this podcast you should be able to:- Understand what a National Surgical Obstetric and Anesthesia Plan (NSOAP) is.
- Describe the process of developing a NSOAP.
- Understand the importance of data collection in global surgery.
- Define capacity building and its role in global surgery.”
- References to the talk are in the PDF show notes [the transcript of the podcast].
- “This episode of Surgery 101 is the 2nd in a 3-part series about global surgery, and is brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C..
- Trainee Involvement and Ethics in Global Surgery
Betty Yibrehu•June 19, 2019Medical Education- This is the 3rd and final episode in a 3-part series on global surgery, brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Today we will discuss how medical students can get involved in global surgery and some ethical considerations.By the end of this podcast you should be able to:
- Identify global surgery opportunities for Canadian medical students.
- Discuss key ethical concerns in global surgery.
- Discuss strategies to mitigate ethical concerns.
- References to the talk are in the PDF show notes [the transcript of the podcast].
- This is the 3rd and final episode in a 3-part series on global surgery, brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Today we will discuss how medical students can get involved in global surgery and some ethical considerations.By the end of this podcast you should be able to: