BETHUNE ROUNDTABLE

10th Annual Bethune Round Table

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Date:

• May 14-15 – Meeting
• May 16 – Workshop

Theme: Serving in Partnerships: The Scalpel for Change

The Office of International Surgery, University of Calgary, is pleased to announce the 10^th Annual Bethune Round Table on International Surgery. The meeting will be of interest to surgeons, anesthetists, pathologists – all who are interested in addressing the global burden of surgical disease in low to middle income countries. Allied health workers, residents, students, injury control researchers, experts in development and in medical education, and members of governmental and nongovernmental organizations focused on health care will also find the meeting informative and stimulating.

Registration: Visit www.ucalgary.ca/ois

Forum on International Cooperation for Surgical Capacity Building

Date:  Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time:  7:00 am – 8:00 am
Venue: Health Sciences Centre, HS1405A, University of Calgary
Host: CNIS
Forum Facilitators:
Dr. Ronald Lett, International Director of CNIS
Dr. Tarek Razek, CNIS Board Chairman

Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) wishes to invite fellow international surgical associations to participate and provide inputs as to how we can effectively work together and collaborate in assisting low income countries in transferring skills, knowledge and technology as well as to provide necessary surgical training with the purpose of creating sustainability in environments where there is considerable lack of medical infrastructure.

This forum is being held in conjunction with the Bethune Round Table.