PAUL FARMER GLOBAL SURGERY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Global Surgery Research Seminar
Past Events
The PGSSC Global Surgery Research Seminar is a public seminar series which aims to share methods and results across a broader surgery research community. Over the course of ten seminars, our goal is to strengthen general knowledge and specific skills by learning from the experience of our seminar speakers.
Videos of past Research Seminar sessions from 2022-2023 can be found on this page. Videos of past Research Seminar sessions from 2021-2022 can be found here.
2022-2023 Research Seminar
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September 8: Multi-site randomized trials in global surgery, with Han-Kwang Yang and Adesoji Ademuyiwa
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November 10: Access to Blood for Global Surgery, with Marie Paul Nisingizwe and Meghan Delaney
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December 8: Gender Disparities in Global Surgery, with Grace Kansayisa and Doris Sarmiento
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January 12: Task-Shifting in Global Surgery, with Jessica Beard and Tigistu Adamu Ashengo
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February 9: Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit in Global Surgery, with Melanie Sion and Andy Healey
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March 9: Global Surgery Systems Readiness Assessments, with Albino Kalolo and Katie Iverson
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May 11: Health equity through action on social determinants of health, with Michael Marmot and Michaela Hyrie
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June 1: Digital Technology in Global Surgery with Stephen Knight and Theoneste Nkurunziza
September 8, 2022
Multi-site Randomised Trials in Global Surgery
This seminar discussed multi-site randomized trials in global surgery. The featured speakers presented on their experiences conducting research using a multicentre randomized control methodology.
Recommended readings:
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Ademuyiwa AO et al. “Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial.” 2021. Lancet
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Fujitani K et al. “Gastrectomy plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced gastric cancer with a single non-curable factor (REGATTA): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial.” 2016. Lancet Oncol.
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Yang HK et al. “Extensive peritoneal lavage with saline after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer (EXPEL): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.” 2021. Lancet Gastroenterol. Hepatol.
November 10, 2022
Access to Blood for Global Surgery
This seminar discussed access to blood for global surgery. The featured speakers presented on their research on the global need and availability of blood, and novel solutions to increasing access to blood delivery.
Recommended readings:
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Nisingizwe et al. “Effect of unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) delivery on blood product delivery time and wastage in Rwanda: a retrospective, cross-sectional study and time series analysis." 2022. Lancet Global Health.
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Roberts et al. “The global need and availability of blood products: a modeling study.” 2019. Lancet Haematol.
December 8, 2022
Gender Disparities in Global Surgery: Disparities Among Providers and Students
This seminar discussed gender disparities in global surgery. The featured speakers presented on their experiences conducting research on gender disparities among surgeons and medical students interested in surgery.
Recommended readings:
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Kansayisa et al. “Gender-based analysis of factors affecting junior medical students’ career selection: addressing the shortage of surgical workforce in Rwanda." 2018. Human Resources for Health.
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Sarmiento Altamirano et al. “Gender disparities in Ecuador: a survey study
of the under‐representation of women in surgery.” 2020. Updates in Surgery.
January 12, 2023
Task shifting for healthcare workers in Global Surgery
This seminar discussed task-shifting in global surgery. The featured speakers presented their experiences conducting research on task-shifting with interested in surgery.
Recommended readings:
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Beard et al. "Outcomes After Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh Performed by Medical Doctors and Surgeons in Ghana" 2019. JAMA Surg
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Ashengo et al. “Bridging the human resource gap in surgical and anesthesia care in low-resource countries: a review of the task sharing literature.” 2018. Human Resour Health.
February 9, 2023
Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit in Global Surgery
This seminar discussed cost-benefit and cost-analysis in global surgery. The featured speakers presented their experiences conducting research on cost analyses in global surgery.
Recommended readings:
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Sion et al. "A resource planning analysis of district hospital surgical services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" 2015. Glob Health Sci Pract
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Healey et al. “A Health Economic Evaluation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: A Single Center Assessment.” 2022. Ann Surg.
March 9, 2023
Global Surgery Systems Readiness Assessments
This seminar discussed global surgery systems readiness assessments. The featured speakers presented their experiences with various tools to assess facility capacity and readiness for safe, high-quality surgery in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Recommended readings:
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Iverson et al. "Development of a surgical assessment tool for national policy monitoring & evaluation in Ethiopia: A quality improvement study" 2020. Int J Surg.
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Kapologwe et al.“Development and upgrading of public primary healthcare facilities with essential surgical services infrastructure: a strategy towards achieving universal health coverage in Tanzania” 2020. BMC Health Services Research
May 11, 2023
Health Equity Through Social Determinants of Health
This seminar featured presentations on the social determinants of health. Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr. Michaela Hynie talked about their experiences conducting research focused on social, institutional, and policy interventions that can improve the health of vulnerable populations by addressing structural and social contexts
Recommended readings:
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Marmot et al. "Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health." 2008. Lancet.
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Hynie et al.“The Social Determinants of Refugee Mental Health in the Post-Migration Context: A Critical Review.” 2018. Can J Psychiatry
June 1, 2023
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN GLOBAL SURGERY
This seminar focused on readiness assessments for global surgery. The featured speakers will dive into their experiences conducting research focused on the creation and implementation of readiness assessment tools across varied settings.
Recommended readings:
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Knight et al. "Mobile devices and wearable technology for measuring patient outcomes after surgery: a systematic review" 2021. NPJ Digit Med.
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Nkurunziza et al.“mHealth-community health worker telemedicine intervention for surgical site infection diagnosis: a prospective study among women delivering via caesarean section in rural Rwanda” 2022. BMJ Global Health