Date    : 17^th August 2012

Venue : University Place, University of Manchester Campus

Description:

Due to a myriad of competing priorities and vested interests of the policies in developing countries, the resources available to provide an equitable and acceptable healthcare to people living in resource-poor conditions in such countries are not set to improve in the foreseeable future. Contrary to the traditional approach of providing resource-poor nations and its people with medical aids that are non-sustainable, the above project aims to provide the healthcare professionals in those countries a structured framework and appropriate guidelines to undertake the best practice within the constraints of the available infrastructure and resources. This session will be used to stimulate discussion amongst the 275 participants of the International Medical Summer School, representing some 75 universities from 25 countries. The information gathered from this session will form the basis for developing a robust curriculum that could be validated by appropriate regulatory bodies.

Some examples of the topics covered will include management of trauma, burns, prevention/control of infection, healthcare in war torn areas and setting-up clinics in developing countries.


Key Note Speakers:

Ms Ang Swee Chai - Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, who has extensive experience of providing medical service in war torn areas.

Mr Roop Tandon - Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon who is currently Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh surgical tutor and teaches in a number of developing countries.

Mr Uday Dandekar - Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire who has vast experience of working in India and member of the Cardiostart project in Ghana.

This event is open only to attendees of the International Medical Summer School .