Bethune Round Table 2009

Friday, May 22

Presenter’s Name

Country

Presentation Title

8:00

Registration, Breakfast

8:30

Richard Reznick/Andrew Howard

Canada

Welcome from University of Toronto Department of Surgery and Office of International Surgery

8:45

Keynote Address:
Bryce Taylor

Canada

Who ‘Safe Surgery Saves Lives’ Project – Implementation in Toronto

9:15

Keynote Address:
Pascience Kibatala

Tanzania

Who ‘’Safe Surgery Saves Lives’ Project – Implementation in Tanzania

9:45

Canada

Discussion

10:00

Coffee / Tea Break

Session 1  - Clinical Personnel And Training - Moderator Mark Bernstein

10:30

Abebe Bekele

Ethiopia

Work-Related Operating Theatre Accidents Among Surgical Residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

10:40

Timothy Nottidge

Nigeria

Traditional Bone Setter and Orthopaedic Fracture Care Reasons for Preference in a Southern Nigerian Community

10:50

Discussion

11:00

Mohammed A.L Labib

Zambia

Urology Development In Africa

11:10

Torsten Wilhelm

Malawi

Upper Gi Endoscopy By Clinical Officers at a Central Hospital in Malawi

11:20

Discussion

11:30
Room 1170

Mme Adrienne Clarkson

Canada

Special Lecture: Who Was Norman Bethune?

12:00

Special Sale:  Author Signed Copies of New Bethune Biography

12:00

Lunch

Session 2- Overcoming Academic Challenges - Moderator Brian Ostrow

13:00

Emmanuel Ameh

Nigeria

Sustaining Academic Surgery in Resource-Limited Settings

13:10

Mohammed A.L Labib

Zambia

Elearning In Postgraduate Surgical Training-An African Pilot

13:20

Discussion

13:30

Rajendra Sukhraj

Guyana

The Use Of The Internet and Web-Conferencing Software to Facilitate Post-Graduate Surgical Training in Guyana".

13:40

Robert Cusimano

Canada

Do Foreign Physicians Understand Lectures?

13:50

Discussion

14:00

Coffee / Tea Break

Session 3:  Clinical Controversies And Challenges - Moderator Gwendolyn Hollaar

14:30

Adeleke Ifesanya

Nigeria

Open Reduction And Internal Fixation Of Fractures in The 3rd World:  Myth or Reality

14:40

Lea Luketic

Ethiopia

Multiple Levels Of Delay in Treatment Of Children with Hydrocephalus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

14:50

Discussion

15:00

Brian Ostrow

Canada

Sixty-Second Screening Identifies Persons at Risk for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

15:10

Timothy Nottidge

Nigeria

Motorcycle Road Traffic Injuries in Southern Nigeria:  The Small Motorcycle as a Prevention Strategy

15:20

Discussion

15:30

Special Lecture: Ron Lett

Canada

Overview Of Cnis Training Programs

15:50

Discussion

16:50

Announcements And Close

17:30

Pub Night - University Of Toronto Faculty Club 41 Wilcocks Street

19:00

Close

Saturday, May 23

Presenter’s Name

Country

Presentation Title

8:30

Breakfast, Registration

9:00

Keynote Address:
Stephen Bickler

Usa

Global Burden Of Surgical Disease

9:30

Discussion

Session 4:  Evaluation Of Collaborative Programs - Moderator Ronald Lett

9:40

Gary Sibbald/Kevin Woo

Canada

International Collaborationp in Guyana to Reduce Amputations in Persons With Diabetes/ Early Impact of Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Centre (Dfc) On Diabetes-Related Amputation Rates at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation

9:50

Michael Blankstein

Canada

Surgical Education Needs Assessment:  The First Step Towards Establishing Collaboration Between the University Of Toronto and Addis Ababa University

10:00

Discussion

10:10

Miliard Derbew

Ethiopia

Teaching the Trainers in Simulation Based Education for Sub-Saharan Africa: Initial Analysis

10:20

Sarah Fung

Canada

Evaluating The Impact of the Ess Course in Tanzania

10:30

Discussion

10:40

Coffee / Tea Break

Session 5:  Clinical Research - Moderator Doruk Ozgediz

11:00

Emmanuel Ameh

Nigeria

Developing a Paediatric Tumour Database in Nigeria

11:10

Patrick Kyamanywa

Rwanda

A Comparison of Kampala Trauma Score Ii with New Injury Severity Score in Predicting In-Hospital Mortality for Road Traffic Injury Patients Presenting to a Regional Referral Hospital

11:20

Discussion

11:30

Befikir Elefachew

Ethiopia

Assessment of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn (Emonc) Services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

11:40

Adeleke Ifesanya

Nigeria

An Evaluation of The Shelf of Ceftriaxone-Polymethylemethacrylate Antibiotic Beads

11:50

Discussion

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Hugh Scully, Massey Beveridge, Miliard Derbew, Ron Lett

Canada/
Ethiopia

Bethune Round Table Debate: Role of Immigrant Surgeons in Canada’s Health Work Force

Session 6:  North - South Collaborations – Alexandra Mihailovic

14:00

Chris Prashad

Guyana

Trauma Team Training In Guyana

14:10

Balisi Bakanisi

Botswana

The Impact of Yearly Minimally Invasive Surgery (Mis) Workshops and Ongoing Mentorship on Mis in Botswana

14:20

Discussion

14:30

Norgrove Penny

Canada

A 10 Country Coordinated Program of Clubfoot Training and Care: Preliminary Results.

14:40

Jackie Mabweijano

Uganda

Effectiveness of Basic Prehospital Trauma Care Program for Lay First-Responders in Kampala, Uganda

14:50

Discussion

15:00

Coffee / Tea Break

Session 7:  Clinical Techniques, Tips, And Tricks - Moderator Georges Azzie

15:30

Francis Abantanga

Ghana

Management of Intussusception in Children in a Developing Country-The Role of Pneumatic Reduction

15:40

Muna Chira

Nigeria

Experience With Post Trauma Lower Extremity Reconstruction in a Tertiary 3rd World Hospital

15:50

Discussion

16:00

Richard Nnabuko

Nigeria

Comparison of Total Versus Partial Excision in the Surgical Treatment of Earlobe Keloids Using Triamcinolone Acetonide as Adjunct Therapy

16:10

Muna Chira

Nigeria

Experience with Glabrous Skin of the Role of the Sole Instep in the Management Of Post Burn Palmo-Digital Contractures In Nigerian Children.

16:20

Discussion

16:30

Close

18:00

Dinner Speaker:
Dr. John Semple

Dinner At Gallery Grill
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, On
A Surgeon On Mount Everest:  Storms And Climber Health

(Surgical Skills Lab, Mount Sinai Hospital)

Video Production for Surgical Teaching Workshop

Limited space and by registration only.