International Surgery Desk

Global Outcomes in Surgery Collaboration

Principal and Co-Investigators:
Dr. Brian Cameron, Dr. Karen Bailey and Dr. Michael Livingston

McMaster Children's Hospital joined the GlobalSurg Project in September 2014 and is now an active study site. GlobalSurg is an international, prospective audit of clinical outcomes following emergency abdominal surgery. The purpose of this project is to determine internationally relevant, modifiable surgical practices associated with the best outcomes.

Disability Averted by Pediatric Surgery

Principal and Co-Investigators: 
Dr. Brian Cameron and Dr. Dan Poenaru

The DAPS project is focused on describing the scope of pediatric surgical practice and understanding the global burden of disease in children in Kenya and Canada, two widely divergent settings, by determining disability weights for surgical conditions.

[More information about DAPS project]

Trauma Team Training (TTT) Program in Guyana: An International Collaboration

Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Cameron

The Trauma Team Training Course is a nationally accredited trauma program in Guyana. The TTT Update course was piloted November 2011 to allow TTT graduates to sharpen their skills while focusing on teamwork capacity in a one-day setting. Study results will help inform the development of an official TTT Update manual for the Canadian Network for International Surgery.

[More information about TTT Program in Guyana]

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. GlobalSurg Collaborative. Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income countries. Br J Surg. 2016; E-Published ahead of print. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com /doi/10.1002/ bjs.1015 1/epdf
2. Bruni A, Kazmi K, Bailey K, Rambaran N, Rambaran M, Cameron B, Pemberton J. A qualitative assessment of trauma team performance at Georgetown Public Hospital in Guyana. West Indian Medical Journal. 2015; E-Published ahead of print. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/article/2367
3. Poenaru D, Pemberton J, Frankfurter C, Cameron B. Quantifying the disability averted through pediatric surgery: a cross-sectional comparison of a pediatric surgical unit in Kenya and Canada. World J Surg. 2015 Sep;39(9):2198-206. http://link.springer. com/article/10.1007%2Fs00268-015-3103-8
4. Poenaru D, Pemberton J, Cameron BH. The Burden of Waiting: DALYs Accrued from Delayed Access to Pediatric Surgery in Kenya and Canada. J Pediatr Surg. 2015; 50(5): 765-770. http://www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/pubmed/25783371
5. Margolick J, Kanters DM, Cameron BH. Incorporating procedural skills into pre-departure training for medical students participating in international elective. Can Med Ed J. 2015; 6(1): e23-e33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4563617/
6. Livingston H, D'Cruz J, Pemberton J, Ozgediz D, Poenaru D. Mortality of pediatric surgical conditions in low and middle income countries in Africa. J Pediatr Surg. 2015; 50(5): 760-764. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25783373
7. Cameron BH, Martin C, Rambaran M. Surgical training in Guyana: the next generation. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2015; 58(1): 7-9. doi: 10.1503/cjs.010414. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4309757/

Published Abstracts

1. Harrop T, O'Flynn E, Howard A, Jani P, Bekele A, Cameron BH. Surgery in Africa Journal Club: a north-south e-learning collaboration for surgical residents in the COSECSA Region. Can J Surg. 2016; 59(3 Suppl 3): S66. http://canjsurg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/59-3-S65.pdf
2. Pemberton J, Poenaru D, Derbew MD, Neufeld V, Cameron BH. Ready, set, go! Follow-up from the 2014 Bethune Round Table Global Surgery Research Working Group. Can J Surg. 2016; 59(3 Suppl 3): S72. http://canjsurg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/59-3-S65.pdf
3. Galloro L, Pemberton J, Cameron BH. Surgical education partnerships: a socially responsible approach to augment surgical capacity. Can J Surg. 2015; 58(4 Suppl 1): S168.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC4603959/

Presentations

1. Cameron BH. Surgery in Africa Journal Club: A North-South E-learning Collaboration for Surgical Residents in the COSECSA Region. Bethune Round Table 2016. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2016-06-3.
2. Galloro L, Pemberton J, Cameron BH. Surgical education partnerships: a socially responsible approach to augment surgical capacity. Bethune Round Table on International Surgery. Calgary, Alberta. June 4-7, 2015.
3. Livingston MH, DCruz J, Pemberton J, Poenaru D, Ozgediz D. Pediatric general surgery outcomes in low and middle-income countries in Africa: What is being studied and where do we go from here? Bethune Round Table. Hamilton, Canada. 2014-06-07.
4. Pemberton J, Frankfurter C, Cameron BH, Poenaru D. Quantification of Global Burden of Pediatric Surgical Disease Using Disability Weights: Implications for Priority Setting. Bethune Round Table 2014. Hamilton, Canada. 2014-6-5.

Poster Presentations

1. Pemberton J, Poenaru D, Derbew MD, Neufeld V, Cameron BH. Ready, Set, Go! Follow-up from the 2014 Bethune Round Table Global Surgery Research Working Group. Bethune Round Table 2016. 2016-06-04.
2. Prashad A, Grierson L, Cameron BH, McConnell M, Rambaran M. Retention and Capacity Building in the University of Guyana Surgical Training Program: A Case Study Exploration of Eyal and Hurst’s Framework for Locally-Relevant Training Canadian Conference on Medical Education. Montreal, Quebec. 2016-04-18.
3. Bruni A, Kazmi K, Bailey K, Rambaran N, Rambaran M, Cameron BH, Pemberton J. A qualitative assessment of trauma team performance at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana. Canadian Conference on Global Health 2015. 2015-11-05.
4. Prashad A, Cameron BH, McConnell M, Rambaran M, Grierson LEM. A Case Study Exploration of Retention and Capacity Building in Guyana's Surgical Training Program. 8th Annual Guyana Medical and Scientific Conference 2015.
5. Rekman J, Moro E, Greene B, Cameron BH. Assessing the Needs of the MMed (Surgery) Program in Gulu, Uganda. Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery Conference 2015.
6. Pemberton J, Prashad C, Lett R, Cameron BH. Trauma Team Training: From Uganda to the World. Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery Conference 2015.
7. Duncan AW, Waiswa M, Prebtani APH, Verhovsek MM, O'Shea TM, Kruisselbrink R, Cameron BH, Kagoma P. Fifteen years experience with Canadian 'Hands on' electives for Ugandan physicians. Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery Conference 2015.

Videos

• Guyana Canada Surgical Research Workshop
• Instructional video demonstrates a novel device for intraosseous needle insertion using the Near Needle Holder