Past Events

FIRST (FUNDAMENTAL INTERVENTIONS, REFERRAL AND SAFE TRANSFER)

When: Sunday September 29, 2013
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Where: 105-1985 West Broadway – CNIS Vancouver Office

Instructors
Ronald Lett, MD MSC FRCSC FCS (ECSA)
Founder and International Director, CNIS

Lorraine Woolford, MA MD FRCSC MSc
Certified Obstetrical Instructor CNIS

Ms. Meseret Desta MPH, BSc
Midwifery Course Advisor

Poster: Click Here
Program: Click Here

Audience
The FIRST instructor’s course is open to midwives, obstetri¬cians, anaesthetists, surgeons, as well as emergency physicians and family practitioners with an interest in primary surgery or obstetrics.

  • Prepare Canadian Health Professionals to teach the course in Tanzania.
  • Provide an opportunity for the participants to share their expertise on how to improve the course.
Essential Osteomyelitis Management Course (EOMC)

a joint project of the CNIS and CBMISunday May 12, 2013
8:30 AM- 5:00 PMCourse Brochure: Click HereInstructors

Norgrove Penny, CM MD FRCSC FCSC (ECSA)

Senior Advisor for Physical Impairment, CBM International
Ronald Lett, MD MSC FRCSC FCSC (ECSA)

Founder and International Director, CNIS

Audience

The EOM instructors course is open to orthopaedic surgeons and senior residents and

to general surgeons and senior residents wishing to teach the course to junior surgical

residents and general medical officers in limited resource settings

Objectives
1. To be familiar with the course content and structure.
2. To learn teaching skills appropriate for visiting doctors.

The Place of Surgical Care in International Development

When: Saturday June 1, 2013

Time: 8:30 AM – 4:45 PM

Where: University of Alberta Edmonton Clinical Health Academy

The workshop is free of charge and refreshments will be served.

Secure your spot today: Click Here to Reserve Now

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(Call CNIS Office at 604-739-4708 for Registration)

Upcoming Courses

TRAUMA TEAM TRAINING (TTT ™) INSTRUCTOR’S COURSE

When: Sunday June 8, 2014
Time: 8:30 am – 5:15 pm
Where:Centre for Simulation Based Learning
McMaster Children’s Hospital
(within McMaster University Campus)
1200 Main St. West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8N 3Z

Instructors
Dr. Tarek Razek & Dr. Ronald Lett

Program Details: Click Here
Register Here: Click Here

Course Fees
Practicing Specialist:
regular—$250 | cnis members—$200
Retired Special ist , Teaching Fellow & Chief Resident :
regular – $175 | cnis members – $150

* Instructor’s manual, refreshments & lunch are included in the course fee.

The principles of trauma management are universal irrespective of the source of destructive energy (whether it be a landmine or a motor vehicle) and irrespective of the caregiver’s educational level. The Trauma Team Training Course (TT T ™) is designed to help personnel apply these principles to all types of injury.

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