Developing Research Potential and Building Partnerships: A Report of the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course at the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa. J Surg Res 2021 Mar;259:34-38
Date
12/06/2020Pubmed ID
33278795DOI
10.1016/j.jss.2020.11.020Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85096985967 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Approximately a decade after the inaugural Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course (FSRC) at the West African College of Surgeons meeting (2008), the Association for Academic Surgery expanded the course offering to the annual meeting of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). After the second annual offering of the course in 2019, participants were surveyed to assess the impact of the course.
METHODS: A survey was distributed to the attendees of the 2019 second COSECSA FSRC course, held in December 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. Approximately 80 people attended at least a portion of the full-day course. Forty-nine participants completed the voluntary survey questionnaire distributed to assess each session of the course at course completion.
RESULTS: Ten different countries were represented among the attendees. Of the 49 evaluations, 35 respondents were male and six were female. Eight respondents did not identify a gender. Surgical residents comprised 19 of the 49 attendees, and one of the 49 attendees was a medical student. Thirty-five respondents indicated that their views of surgical research had changed after attending the course.
CONCLUSIONS: The second annual FSRC at COSECSA confirmed significant interest in building research skills and partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa. A wide variety of learners attended the course, and a majority of the sessions received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Multiple conference attendees expressed interest in serving as faculty for the course moving forward, highlighting a viable path for sustainability as the Association for Academic Surgery develops an international research education platform.
Author List
Long KL, Galukande M, Kyamanywa P, Tarpley MJ, Dodgion C, Global Affairs Committee of the Association for Academic SurgeryAuthor
Christopher M. Dodgion MD Associate Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAfrica, Central
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Southern
Biomedical Research
Congresses as Topic
Developing Countries
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Societies, Medical
Specialties, Surgical
Surgeons
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
