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“Surgery is an indivisible, indispensable part of health care and of progress towards universal health coverage.”
~ Jim Kim
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What is an Elective?
Blogpost written by Amelia Wild, Advocacy Lead for InciSioN UK Medical electives are an exciting opportunity for medical students to explore medicine outside of their usual University placements. Generally undertaken towards the end of the course, they are a keenly awaited component of medical school. They can be done at another home institution, but the majority of students decide to travel overseas.(1) This provides the possibility of exploring a new country and learning ab
Surgical Training Challenges In The UK. Are IMG Doctors The Problem?
A short opinion post on challenges faces for IMGs getting surgical training positions
Are Short Surgical Missions Still Fit For Purpose?
Short surgical missions (2-3 weeks) are common but flawed. Telementoring, enhanced by online tech and COVID, may offer a better solution.
Artificial Intelligence in Surgery
Artificial intelligence applications are rapidly changing the landscape of
technological advancement in surgical practice.
Breaking the Period Poverty Cycle
By Alexandra Tan Education Lead, Incision UK What is period poverty? Period poverty is a pervasive issue that denies individuals the...
Surgical Access in the Arsenal of War
Written by Aiman Ibrahim, Final Year Medical Student at Kings College London War and destruction are the symbiotic parasites that...
Have You Faced Any Challenges in Global Surgery?
Embarking on the path of medicine has really been an eye-opening, mind-opening and transformative experience for me as an individual. But...
Interview with a Global General Surgeon
By Thomas Stubley Regional Lead for Birmingham Medical School I spoke to Mr Trevor Crofts, a retired General Surgeon and Honorary Senior...
Caring for LGBTQ+ Individuals
Anna Chiara Corriero Anglia Ruskin Medical School Being out and proud is hard. Despite the efforts made from the UK government such as...
Global Vascular Surgery – Challenges and Areas for Development
Kieran Das Twitter: @kieran_das Vascular surgery is one of the ‘newest’ surgical specialties in existence. Spawning from the recent...
Global Surgery: The Past, Present and Future
Earlier in 2021 a global surgery essay competition was organised collaboratively by ARU Surgical Society and ARU Friends of Médicins Sans...
Neurosurgery in Cameroon: An Interview with Takoutsing Dongmo Aurele Berjo
Today, Takoutsing Dongmo Aurele Berjo, a medical student at the University of Buea, Cameroon, speaks with former InciSioN UK committee...
Advances and Challenges in Global Cardiothoracic Surgery
Written by: Anna Casey Brighton and Sussex Medical School Introduction Global cardiothoracic surgery relates to the global provision of...
Are face masks effective in reducing the spread of respiratory diseases?
Written by: Sid Komperla 3rd year Medical Student | University of Sheffield (Regional Representative) Introduction The Manchurian Plague...
IAOMS Podcast Review
By Anna Casey, Brighton and Sussex Medical School Introduction: the IAOMS podcast The International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial...
Global Neurosurgery – Targets for Change
Written by: Daniel Robinson Manchester Medical School Global neurosurgery can be defined as an area for research, education and advocacy...
Global Cancer Surgery
Written by: Lou Herbert Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry Introduction Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and...
International Medical Electives
Written By: Thomas Stubley Birmingham Medical School The international elective is a well-established aspect of the undergraduate medical...
Paediatric Surgery during COVID19
Written By: Aimee Wilkinson Bristol Medical School One year since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China (1), the...
“UROVISION 2020”: HAVE WE MET THE EXPECTATIONS?
Written By: Anna Chiara Corriero Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine Introduction Medicine is an ever-evolving field: every day we discover...
Global Surgery - How Much of the Burden is Urological?
Written by: Matthew Denton Warwick Medical School Following 25 years since its inception Campain et al. (2015) aimed to assess on behalf...
Comparison in the management of Open Tibial Fractures in the UK and Latin America
Written by: Anna Chiara Corriero Anglia Ruskin Medical School If you walk into the orthopaedic ward of any hospital in the world, you...
Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology: A brief overview of their work
Written by: Mehak Kakwani 4th Year Medical Student, University of Leeds Who are they? The Institute of Global Orthopaedic surgery (IGOT)...
COVERT (COVid Emergency-Related Trauma and Orthopaedics: National and International Overview”)
Written by: Baveena Heer King’s College Medical School The COVERT collaborative, part of the RCS COVID-19 research group, is led by Dr...
Disparities in Trauma Care Worldwide: A Brief Overview
Written by: Yousif Baho
4th Year Medical Student, Hull York Medical School
What is Global Reconstructive Surgery?
Written By: Aimee Wilkinson, Bristol Medical School
An Interview with Academic Clinical Fellow Anisa Jafar
Written By, Anna Casey, InciSioN UK representative for Brighton and Sussex Medical School Anisa is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in...
Neurosurgery in Nepal: Professor Terence Hope on Global Surgery
Written by, Cecilia, InciSioN UK representative for the University of Nottingham Hey everyone! This is Cecilia, InciSioN UK...
General Surgical Training in Africa: An Interview with Dr Robert Parker
Written by, Conor Boylan, medical student at the University of Birmingham hoping to pursue a career in orthopaedic or plastic surgery,...
An enthusiasm to improvise: A Journal club with Dr. Tamara N Fitzgerald
Written by, Smrithi Sriram, aspiring surgeon at St. George’s University of London Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smrithi-s-b972b61...
Farewell From InciSioN UK 2019-2020
Dr Beryl Sawyer - advocacy lead, Miss Katya Marks - webmaster, Miss Natasha Douglas - social media lead and Ines Ongenda - education lead...
In Conversation With InciSioN Burundi
In this final episode of the 2019-2020 committee of InciSioN UK, Ines Ongenda chats with Aimee from InciSioN Burundi about their work in...
In Conversation With InciSioN Kenya
Dr Beryl Sawyer chats with Shahnur Shah from InciSioN Kenya about how he became interested in Global Surgery and the work he has been...
In Conversation With InciSioN Australasia
Dr Beryl Sawyer from InciSioN UK chats with Davina, Chair at InciSioN Australasia about her interest Global Surgery and her work as part...
In Conversation With InciSioN Zambia
Dr Beryl Sawyer chats with Dr Patel from InciSioN Zambia about how they got interested in Global Surgery along with the work they have...
In Conversation With InciSioN Bosnia-Herzegovina
To kick off the final series of the 2019-2020 committee at InciSioN UK, Dr Beryl Sawyer speaks to members from InciSioN...
Professor Mariya Moosajee
Today we have an interview with Professor Mariya Moosajee, consultant ophthalmologist specialising in adult and paediatric genetic eye...
20,000 Species Under the Sea: Diving to New Depths for Anti-Cancer Compounds
By Josh Southworth Josh is an aspiring surgeon with a global surgery outlook. He is in his 2nd year studying graduate entry medicine at...
In Conversation With Dr Lola Solebo
Dr Lola Solebo is an NIHR academic paediatric ophthalmologist in London. In this episode, she talks to Ines Ongenda and shares some...
Dr Simerdip Kaur
Please enjoy this interview with Dr Simerdip Kaur, an ST4 ophthalmology trainee in the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Deanery, working at East...
Dr Lola Solebo: Through the Eyes of a Child
'Lola Solebo is a scientist and paediatric ophthalmic surgeon. Her interest is in how we predict, and what decides outcomes for children...
Spotlight On: Women in Vision UK (WVUK)
By Manasi Mahesh Shirke Despite making up more than half of new doctors, women are underrepresented in a vast majority of specialties,...
Telemedicine Services in Eye Care
In the month of August we will be focusing on ophthalmology. To kick things off we have an article from the Moorfields Eye Hospital,...
In Conversation With Mr Charlie Steel
Mr Charlie Steel is the Chief Financial Officer at Babylon Health, AI-driven, out-of-hospital care technology businesses focusing on the...
Spotlight On: Babylon Health
By Teodora Pampu-Romanescu, 2nd year medical student at Queen's University Belfast Personalised, accessible and affordable healthcare for...
In Conversation With Dr Alice Choi
Dr Alice Choi is the Chief Operating Officer of McCann Health UK. In this episode, she tells us about her career, the work of McCann...
In Conversation With Dr Katherine Semrau
Dr Katherine Semrau is the Better Birth programme director at Ariadne Labs in Boston, USA. A senior epidemiologist, she shares with Ines...
In Conversation With Patricia Monthé
Miss Patricia Monthé is the Founder and CEO of MEDx.CARE. In this episode, she talks to Ines Ongenda about her journey from growing up in...
MEDxCare and Universal Health Coverage
By Manasi Mahesh Shirke MEDxCare is a digital platform that helps governments and private institutions achieve Universal Health Coverage...
In Conversation With Dr Jaishree Naidoo
Dr Jaishree Naidoo, a paediatric radiologist, is the founder and CEO of Envisionit Deep AI a company which uses AI to aid diagnostics in...
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