Looking to make a difference in low-income, under served communities of the world? The Branch for International Surgical Care is now offering three online graduate courses in global surgery.
Surgery 510 – Surgical care in International Health
Upon successful completion of this course learners will have:
- Increased understanding of the global status of unmet surgical need.
- A broader appreciation of the ethical issues, the role of advocacy, and the models of surgical care education in international surgery.
- Knowledge of the need for injury prevention strategies and for global maternal mortality and morbidity solutions.
- New perspectives on the spectrum of involvement in international surgical activities including volunteerism.
- Familiarity with the principles of development in international surgery.
Surgery 512 – Global Disability: A Surgical Care Mandate
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Summarize the global status of impairment and disability due to unmet surgical need.
- Discuss international conventions and policy documents of the United Nations and World Health Organization with reference to surgical implications in health and disability.
- Outline the spectrum of involvement of surgical activities in preventing and treating disabling impairments
- Explain the need for workforce capacity building and infrastructure enhancement to meet the need.
- Discuss proven strategies in overcoming the barriers to effective surgical care of disabling conditions.
- Elaborate on some of the ethical controversies and dilemmas in meeting a service need in the context of limited available resources.
Surgery 514 – Surgical Care in Humanitarian Disaster Response
Upon successful completion of this course learners will have:
- An understanding of the complexity of the global burden and trends of humanitarian disasters
- Phases of a humanitarian disaster
- Ability to describe and critique select responses to humanitarian disasters
- Outline and defend the essentials for adequate surgical care in any disaster response
Follow the link to the Branch’s Overview of Courses where more details are available.
revised : 2014-January-13