InciSioN Ghana
Global Surgery Symposium
4TH JANUARY 2025
KNUST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (KSB)
Pre-Symposium Workshops on 2-3 January 2025
InciSioN Ghana
Global Surgery Symposium 2025
Are you
a medical student or medical doctor
or a non-physician global surgery enthusiast in Ghana?
Do you want to
learn what global surgery is all about?
learn about Ghana NSOAP and the role you can play in its implementation?
connect and network with colleagues from across the country?
find mentorship & research opportunities?
do an oral or poster presentation of your research work?
then Register to be at IGGSS2025
CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS
Basic Surgical Skills (2-day workshop on 2nd & 3rd January, 2025)
Introduction to R (1-day workshop hosted on 3rd January, 2025)
Obstetrics Workshop (1-day workshop on 3rd January, 2025)
Basic Life Support (1-day workshop on 3rd January, 2025)
PRE-SYMPOSIUM BUSINESS MEETINGS
IGNiTe Meeting (For all National Zonal Reps, Executives and Advisory Board) Invitation only event
General Assembly (Open to all members, partners, sponsors and future members)
National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plan
Global Surgery Research in Ghana
NHIS and Health Financing in Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma and Anaesthesia - Achievements & Challenges
Panel Discussion
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout Sessions on
Introduction to Healthcare Quality and Safety
Anatomy and Physiology of Research
Introduction to Health Economics
Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS)
INTERSCHOOLS SURGICAL COMPETITIONS
Six 3-member Teams: (3: 1 resident, 1 medical student, 1 non-resident doctor) affiliated to the following schools/school groups
University of Ghana Medical School Medical School (UGMS)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medicine (KNUST-SMS)
University for Development Studies School of Medical Sciences (UDS-SMS)
University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCC-SMS)
Accra College of Medicine (ACM), Family Health Medical School (FHMS) and University of Health & Allied Sciences School of Medicine (UHAS-SM)
Foreign Medical Schools
... more information to follow soon.
SYMPOSIUM SIDE EVENTS - 4th January 2025
COCKTAIL EVENT -
WOMEN IN SURGERY, OBSTETRICS, TRAUMA AND ANAESTHESIA (SOTA)
Come meet the awesome Women in Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma and Anaesthesia (SOTA) in Ghana