1. Title: Investigating the incidence of Head injuries in Eastern Province, Zambia and surgical Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Dr Kabelele Sipalo, COSECSA Trainee, Neurosurgery, Zambia
2. Title: Assessment of Orthopedic Injury Pattern among Motorcycle Trauma Patients Admitted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital”
Principal Investigator: Dr Mackson Mwaungulu, COSECSA Trainee, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Malawi
3. Title: In-hospital outcomes of infants with esophageal atresia and trachea-esophageal fistula at a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania”
Principal Investigator: Masawa K. Nyamuryekung'e, COSECSA Fellow, Paediatric Surgery, Tanzania
To fund a Trainee/Fellow Research please write to us through: rpo.coordinator@cosecsa.org or info@cosecsa.org
TITLE: COSECSA Surgical Audits and Standards Collaboration (COSurgASC)
Background:
The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) and other surgical training institution have made significant strides in contributing to surgical workforce, by providing quality surgical education in the region. COSECSA aims to develop a Surgical Audit and Standards Network and implement surgical audits to assess baseline surgical practice and outcomes in COSECSA training sites, and identify areas of Quality Improvement for patients undergoing surgery in the accredited hospitals in the ECSA region. Data will be gathered for the purpose of proposing dedicated COSECSA standards and help in conducting surgical audits against these set standards.
Potential benefits:
1. Hospitals and surgeons will be provided with tools to collect data on surgeries they perform.
2. Become part of the Regional Surgical Care Audits and Standards Network, and that will look into existing surgical standards and contextualize them for use in the region.
3. The project will come up with Minimal Dataset that can inform countries in the formation of Surgical Registries
4. Opportunity for Research capacity building among Fellows and Surgeons
5. Provide data for informing Continuous Professional Development on the areas of potential improvement of patient outcomes.
6. Participating surgeons will be listed as co-authors in any resulting manuscript
Team Members:
Name | Organization | Country |
Dr Godfrey Sama Philipo | COSECSA | Tanzania |
Dr Vihar Kotecha | Bugando Medical Center | Tanzania |
Dr Michael Mwachiro | Tenwek Hospital | Kenya |
Stella Itungu | COSECSA | Tanzania |
Prof Sean Tierney | RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme | Ireland |
Lucia Brocato | RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme | Ireland |
Niraj Bachheta | COSECSA | Tanzania |
Dr Wongel Tena | Lead | Ethiopia |
Dr Lucy Kaomba | Lead | Malawi |
Dr Temesgen Nane | Co-Lead | Ethiopia |
Funding Source: Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs under the RCSI/COSECSA Collaboration Programme (CP).
To participate, please write to us through the, Research and Patient Outcomes Coordinator at: rpo.coordinator@cosecsa.org