6 Years of Surgery in Africa!

The Office of International Surgery, University of Toronto and COSECSA greet 2010 with the 6th year of Surgery in Africa Monthly Reviews. Over the last five years we have published 51 Reviews on surgical topics aimed at surgeons and surgical trainees in low-income countries. Our website offers a Resource Library and a CME/CPD process linked to the monthly review and which is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The planned review topics for 2010 include: paediatric osteomyelitis and septic arthritis; cryptorchidism; cervical cancer; penetrating thoracic trauma and evaluating clinical evidence in surgery. As well, over the coming months, we will be updating previous reviews for the benefit of our new COSECSA trainees. At the same time we continue to encourage our readers to submit Reviews after consultation with the editorial board. Interested persons should contact Dr. Brian Ostrow at brian@bookshelf.ca.
We acknowledge the ongoing support from Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited, which allows payment of an honorarium to authors from low-income countries.

COSECSA requires participation in SIA CME process before trainees can sit exams.
We are pleased to announce that the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa Council has resolved that, “ALL MCS and FCS General Surgery candidates who wish to take the COSECSA 2010 examinations are required to produce 6 Surgery in Africa CME certificates before being allowed to take the Examinations.”
Registration for the CME process is simple and is accomplished online via the website. Certificates of completion of the monthly evaluation and questions can be downloaded or printed at the end of the process and are unique for each participant.
Technical problems should be addressed to ptolemy.info@utoronto.ca .

Surgery in Africa Team
Office of International Surgery
University of Toronto