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Page 2: Issue 166 April 2016

WORLD ORTHOPAEDIC CONCERN UK NEWSLETTER

World Orthopaedic Concern UK (WOC-UK) is a

charitable organisation dedicated to improving

the standard of orthopaedic, trauma and

reconstructive surgery in developing countries

We aim:

- To provide orthopaedic education in the developing world

and about the developing world.

- To give help and advice to those setting up orthopaedic

training and service programmes in the developing world.

- To act as a pressure group in the UK to the NHS and to our

colleagues, regarding orthopaedics in the developing world.

- To offer practical help and support to those practicing

orthopaedics and training in orthopaedics in the developing

world

This newsletter aims to update you about WOC-UK

projects and highlight some of the work that is being

undertaken by our members.

There are many opportunities to become involved in

WOC-UK activities. We are looking for volunteers to

support all of our overseas projects. Additionally, if you

would like to be involved in other ways, such as

creating this newsletter, we would love to hear from

you.

Emails:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

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WOC-UK 3rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016 MOOR HALL HOTEL, SUTTON COLDFIELD

Friday 3rd June: Pre-conference dinner Saturday 4th June: Main Conference

Registration fees (includes lunch): WOC-UK member: £45

Non-member: £55

Please contact [email protected] Visit our website: www.wocuk.org

Provisonal programme:

10.15 – 10.40 : Registration and coffee

10.40 – 10.45 : Welcome & housekeeping

10.45 – 12.00 : Country reports: Malawi

Cambodia

Ghana

Ethiopia

Mbeya, Tanzania

Palawan

Bangladesh

12.00 – 12.30 : Keynote speech: James Fernandes: “The Unit of Hope”

12.30 – 13.00: WOC (UK) AGM

13.00 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 14.20: Tim Beacon: The challenges of orthopaedics in the developing

world: the MedAid International perspective

14.20 – 14.40: Jon Warner: The experience of a company representative in

Nepal

14.40 – 15.00: Faith Muchemwa: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery training in

Zimbabwe: a trailblazer’s experience

15.00 – 15.30: Coffee

15.30 – 16.00: Trainee Fellowships : James Berwin

Ashish Kalraiya

Ross Coomber

16.00: Thank you and closing remarks

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WOC-UK annual conference registration form

Saturday 4th June 2016, MOOR HALL HOTEL, SUTTON COLDFIELD

Name:

Grade: Trainee [ ] Consultant [ ] Retired [ ] Other [ ]

WOC-UK member: Yes [ ] No [ ]

Address:

Contact telephone:

Email address:

Dietary requirements:

Conference prices:

WOC-UK member £45 [ ] Non-member £55 [ ]

Become a WOC-UK member by completing a separate membership form (found at

www.wocuk.org)

I will also be attending the pre-conference evening meal on Friday 3RD June 2016 [ ]

(a payment will be required separately to this registration nearer the time, and a menu will be

sent prior to the date)

Payment options:

Cheques payable to ‘World Orthopaedic Concern UK’ can be sent with completed registration

forms to: WOC-UK conference, 146 Knighton Lane, Leicester LE2 8BF

Alternatively, send completed forms electronically to [email protected] and make an

on-line payment to:

WOC Conference Account (or abbreviated to: WOC conf.ac.)

Account No. 82419468, Sort Code 30-99-90

Lloyds Bank plc, Branch Address: PO Box 1000, Andover, BX1 1LT

IMPORTANT – include payment reference: WOC conf.

[ ] I enclose a cheque for £.....

Or

[ ] I have made a bank transfer for £....

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ETHIOPIA

Steve Mannion has visited Ethiopia twice in recent months and writes:

‘From a strategic point of view, I see WOC(UK)’s main link being with the Ethiopian

Orthopaedic Association and with the Black Lion Hospital. The Black Lion is the premier

orthopaedic training establishment in Ethiopia, has a huge numbers of trainees but is

desperately short of trainers. It would be great to see a virtually seamless presence of

either an Australian or UK orthopaedic visitor to assist in service delivery and the training of

residents. Whilst expert sub-specialist visitors are welcome, the main need is for generic

trauma skills & general orthopaedic teaching.

The orthopaedic needs of Ethiopia are not confined to the Black Lion and training

institutions are now being established in other regional centres. In my view the best method

of supporting the development of orthopaedic training in such centres would be

“Institutional Links” such as that already pioneered by Laurence Wicks with the Leicester -

Gondar link and that which Tony is proposing in Hawassa. Whilst not being directly

controlled by WOC I would be grateful if these were to continue to be at least affiliated to

the WOC (UK) banner as representing elements of what is becoming a considerable

contribution from the UK to the development of orthopaedic services in the country.’

Links with the Black Lion Hospital’s orthopaedic unit in

Addis Ababa have been strengthened tremendously over

recent years through the presence in Ethiopia’s capital of

WOC-UK member Rick Gardner.

Rick works as a consultant for the CURE hospital in Addis

but has dedicated time and effort into building the UK’s

support of orthopaedic training at the Black Lion.

WOC-UK aims to support a minimum of 6 visits per year

from the UK. Ideally each trip would consist of two visitors

for a minimum of two weeks at a time. Financial support

for this has been generously provided by the Bone and

Joint Journal council, along with funds allocated from

WOC-UK’s own accounts.

In addition, projects are being established to help develop

orthopaedic services and training in other parts of the

country.

Look out for reports on recent WOC-UK member visitis to

Ethiopia in future copies of the BJJ news.

We are looking for more volunteers to participate in this

link project over the coming year. Anyone who is

interested in becoming involved should get in contact

through any of the emails provided at the start of this

newsletter

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ETHIOPIA - Geoffrey Walker visited Addis Ababa in

November 2015, and reflects on how things have changed

since he first arrived in the country in 1990

When I first arrived in Ethiopia the population was 45

million. It is now about 100 million. In the same period

Addis has grown from 2.1 million to about 3.4 million.

The growth of the economy of Ethiopia is thought locally

to be about 12% per annum, although it is probably

nearer to 6% pa.

There are a vast number of new buildings in Addis and

on my recent arrival I had difficulty in recognising the

Airport Road.

The ‘middle class’ continues to expand. There are now

two private orthopaedic hospitals each with about 50

beds.

The Black Lion University Hospital’s main buildings are undergoing restoration and

development, mainly in Radiology, which has some new and sophisticated apparatus.

The Main Operating Theatres are still not functioning which means that some general and

other surgery is undertaken in the new theatres of the Orthopaedics/Physiotherapy block,

the building of which was generously supported by Australian Doctors for Africa – ADFA –

under he direction of Graham Forward).

A major enlargement of the current grossly inadequate Accident and Emergency

Department has recently started.

The Orthopaedic Department and its 21 bed children’s ward have been supplied with

relatively sophisticated beds all with electric controls! These have replaced the ‘special’

orthopaedic beds’ which were obtained some years ago.

However, there are still problems with the water and electricity supply and this seems to be

more severe in the orthopaedic/physio building than in the main part of the Hospital.

The Orthopaedic Training Project currently has a total of 77 trainees –

while there are only a total of 72 orthopaedic beds in the BLH! However

our trainees also spend time and gain invaluable experience in four

other hospitals: Cure Children’s Hospital, Soddo Christian Hospital, St

Paul’s and a new department of Plastics and Accident and Emergency

at Alert.

General surgical trainees also spend time in our department, usually in

three separate visits of one, two and three months. There are usually

about 10-15 of these trainees in our department at any one time. Sadly

our Orthopaedic Trainees do not spend any time in general surgery.

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ETHIOPIA - Geoffrey Walker visited Addis Ababa in

November 2015, and reflects on how things have changed

since he first arrived in the country in 1990

Dr Geletaw Tessema who is a recent graduate from our training project is the current

Department Head. He is a very impressive young orthopaedic surgeon who is striving hard

to improve the workings of the training project and is worthy of all the help that he can

receive – he will welcome all appropriate assistance that is offered.

At present Dr Geletaw has three specific requests:

Fellowships (presumably out of Ethiopia) for members of the training staff.

GW recalls the success of sending an Assistant Professor to the training project in Dhaka,

Bangladesh .

I am sad to report that since the inception of the Orthopaedic Training Project virtually no

orthopaedic instruments or other materials (apart from plaster) have been supplied by the

‘Hospital/Government’. All have been donated from many different sources. Private and

Mission hospitals make their own arrangements but there can be problems with ‘Customs’.

Dr Geletaw told me that currently individual departments/units in the Faculty/Hospital are

no longer allowed themselves to raise funds or to look after money. All requests for

materials, or indeed for ‘anything’ have to be made to the Faculty. Thus the orthopaedic

department has no means of purchasing small but necessary items, paying for small

services or indeed for anything or any activity.

Visits by Orthopaedic Surgeons from

other Countries: I believe that these need

to be by those of us with experience in the

use of simple/conservative management,

i.e. Plaster and traction and who will make

visits of at least two to four weeks.

Whenever possible visitors should bring

implants and other orthopaedic materials

for the department. Dr Geletaw is able to

overcome any ‘Custom’s Problems’.

GW believes that when possible potential

donors should first check with Dr Geletaw

the suitability of any materials that they

may be able to bring.

What and how to teach? While sophisticated orthopaedic surgery is now being practised at

the BLH, in private hospitals and in a few but important hospitals outside Addis the vast

majority of the 100 million Ethiopians receive care for orthopaedic problems from General

Surgeons, General Practitioners and Traditional Healers. It is therefore important that

visiting teachers keep this in mind and stress the importance of conservative management,

i.e. plaster and traction as well as discussing more sophisticated techniques’. Unfortunately

injured limbs are often treated (outside major hospitals) with circumferential plasters or

traditional splints both of which may result in gangrene or Volkman’s contractures. It is best

to emphasise the use of padded plaster gutters, i.e. a plaster back splint with side pieces.

Teaching needs to be ‘inter-active’ as formal lectures do not seem to be readily absorbed

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To enable the resident surgeons to take on these cases, they are

taught a range of corrective procedures for Club Foot that require basic

equipment, a basic knowledge of anatomy and surgical skills. They

include open Achilles and Posterior Tibial tendon releases, Tibialis

Anterior tendon transfers, and Triple Arthrodesis without screw fixation.

The focus now is to objectively measure outcomes via a combination of

validated Quality of Life questionnaires and a basic biomechanical

study pre- and post-operatively.

Many thanks to the surgical team at CMR for hosting Steve and I, to

the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) for organising the trip, and to Steve

for bringing me along.

The week before Christmas 2015, I joined Steve Mannion

on one of his trips to the Centre for Medical Rehabilitation

(CMR) in Vientiane, Laos, which is regarded nationally as a

Centre of Excellence. Beyond the throng of our welcome

party, I caught a glimpse of the patients waiting to be seen

and I suddenly felt a million miles away from the familiarity

of an NHS Ponseti Clinic.

The clinic on our first day was attended by

surgeons from CMR, and also the 5 satellite

Provincial Rehabilitation Centres (PRCs) around

Laos, and also physiotherapists and P&O

technicians. Laos has established a successful

Ponseti programme but there is a need for

capacity building, education and mentoring in the

surgical sector. To meet this need Steve typically

visits the country 3 times per year, operating,

mentoring and teaching at CMR and PRCs.

The CMR’s operating theatre is basic and small but they have had a modern anaesthetic

machine recently donated. The orthopaedic ‘kit’ consists of the bare essentials: scalpel,

forceps, mallet, one osteotome and a bone nibbler. Yet despite the austere surgical

environment, Steve’s mantra for Club Foot surgery in the developing world is to do one

operation that provides definitive correction. “After an operation like this, they are unlikely

to ever come back for follow up, so it means doing the right surgery and doing it well.”

We saw a spectrum of cases including several

neglected club feet, arthrogryposis, and patients

with chronic polio. After only a few hours, we

had amassed enough patients for three full-day

operating lists.

Not such a Laos-y Christmas By James Berwin (MRCS), London Core Surgical Trainee.

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WOC(UK) assists in COSECSA examinations in Malawi by Steve Mannion

The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa

(COSECSA, www.cosecsa.org) was founded in 2000 with a remit to promote

postgraduate training and accreditation in surgery in sub-Saharan Africa. 10 countries are

currently members; Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania,

Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. COSECSA now has 87 accredited training hospitals and

169 certified surgical trainers in the region, with 126 specialist surgeons having graduated

via COSECSA training programmes since 2004. Exams are held at two levels,

the Membership of the College, an examination of “surgery in general” and a

specialist Fellowshipexamination, typically taken after a further 3 years specialist training.

WOC(UK) Chairman, Steve Mannion and Hon Secretary, Deepa Bose were joined by

BOA and WOC veteran David Jones as examiners at both the membership and

fellowship levels of the recent diet of the COSECSA examinations held in advance of

the Annual COSECSA Scientific Conference which was held in Blantyre, Malawi, in the

first week of December 2015. Over 50 candidates were successful in the MCS

examination and 9 in the FCS(Tr & Orth) specialist qualification, representing a very

significant increase in the number of orthopaedic specialists in the COSECSA region.

WOC(UK) now has an established link with COSECSA, contributing volunteer UK

examiners to each diet of the annual examinations, and a similar arrangement also exists

with the West African College of Surgeons (WACS).

The three WOC(Uk) representatives in Blantyre also attended the

COSECSA Annual Scientific Conference, with Chairman Steve

Mannion giving a plenary presentation entitled “ Meeting the

unmet need for musculoskeletal disability surgery in Sub-

Saharan Africa”. The conference also saw the launch of the G4

Alliance ( www.theg4alliance.org), a global initiative hoping to

build political priority for Surgical, Obstretrics, Trauma and

Anaesthesia in the development agenda. Also launched at the

COSECSA conference was Women in Surgery

Africa ( www.womeninsurgeryafrica.org), an organisation

determined to address the “gender imbalance" in African surgical

practitioners.

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Hand Surgery Work Shop, Boadzulu Mangochi, Malawi by Bo Povlsen (Hand surgeon)

It was the brain child of Linda Chokotho,

who has recently completed her

orthopaedic training, and is the first and

only hand surgeon in the entire country.

Earlier in 2015 WOC(UK) and BSSH had

sponsored Linda to attend a BSSH training

course and undertake a hand surgery

clinical observation in the UK.

Focussing on hand trauma diagnosis and

management, including burns, the lectures

and practical sessions were led by myself,

Linda and Jonathan Jones (orthopaedic

hand surgeon from Peterborough).

Feedback was positive from the 25

participants, all clinical orthopaedic officers

working in the state or government medical

sector.

There are over 100 clinical orthopaedic officers in Malawi and the

Hand Work Shop was oversubscribed. There should be scope for

running it times to provide all clinical orthopaedic officers with an

opportunity to participate at some stage.

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand generously supported the

travel costs for Mr. Jones and myself; Feet First assisted with

organising logistics from and to Lilongwe where we flew to from the

UK via Nairobi.

Sponsored by WOC (UK) and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), the first Hand Surgery Workshop in Malawi took place on the 24th September 2015, the day before the 25th Malawi Orthopaedic Association

Annual meeting.

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WOC(UK) linkman to the West African College of Surgeons (WACS)

is Mr Paul Offori-Attah. WOC(UK) members interested in contributing

to our projects in West Africa are encouraged to contact Paul through

[email protected]

Steve Mannion and Rick Brown went on to do some

clinical work on complex foot and ankle cases with Dr

Henry Ndasi, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at

Mutengene Baptist Hospital. Dr Ndasi is head of the

Cameroon Clubfoot Care Project which began in 2013,

with an initial Ponseti method training course given by

Steve Mannion after which 4 pilot treatment centres

were established. There are now 20 clinics covering

approximately 40% of the country, with a plan to expand

to cover the entire country over the next 3 years. The Ponseti method has proved

extremely successful in treating

patients in Cameroon

presenting at under 2 years of

age. Challenges have included

lack of compliance due to

travelling distance, brace

provision and older children for

whom Ponseti treatment alone

has been successful only in a

proportion of cases.. In future it

is hoped to develop referral

centres, such as Dr Ndasi in

Mutengene, for the treatment of

older children with clubfoot.

WOC(UK) has a tradition of hosting

instructional workshops at the annual

WACS Congress, with past themes

including hand surgery (Ivory Coast 2015)

, compound tibial fractures (Ghana, 2014)

and clubfoot treatment (Togo, 2013).

WOC(UK) also contributes two examiners

to each diet of the FCS(WACS)(Orth)

examination which is held twice per year.

Steve Mannion, Chairman of WOC(UK) was

joined by the Rick Brown, President of the

British Foot & Ankle Surgery Society

(BOFASS) and WOC(UK) member, in

hosting a foot and ankle surgery instructional

session at the Annual Congress of the West

African College in Yaounde, Cameroon on

the 17th of February 2016. They were joined

as faculty by WOC(UK) member Mr

Aloysius, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at

Wrexham Hospital who is of Cameroonian

origin. Course content included the

treatment of ankle fractures, by both

conservative & operative means, as well as

the treatment of tibial pilon fractures and

Lisfranc injuries.

West Africa- Cameroon by Steve Mannion

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An Orthopaedic Trainee Abroad: Giving and Taking In Malawi Ashish Kalraiya - ST3 Orthopaedics (London)

Prior to starting my Orthopaedic ST3 job in London, I had a fantastic out-of-training

opportunity to work in Malawi. I am grateful to Dr Leonard Banza and his Orthopaedic

team for warmly welcoming me at Kamuzu (Lilongwe) Central Hospital.

Volunteering in Malawi was a

long-term ambition after my

best friend travelled there for

a medical elective. I was

struck by his anecdotes of

using resourcefulness and

lateral thinking to improve

health care. I wanted to

witness complex trauma and

test my surgical skills in this

austere environment.

After an induction week, I took a senior role in the firm. I ran two full-day operating lists,

clinics, ward rounds and lectured medical students. Challenges included no available

antibiotics despite many patients with acute osteomyelitis, the only x-ray machine breaking

and an overall lack of staff. I also attended the 2015 COSECSA Conference, Blantyre, and

heard several insightful lectures.

I would hugely recommend working in Malawi to my peers for I

gathered a wealth of experience that will benefit my practise and

there was a benefit to the hospital too. My previous experience of

working in South Africa certainly helped my adjustment to the

environment. Other challenges included accommodation and car

rental costs being fairly steep, and getting registered with the

Malawi Medical Council taking several months. A proposal for a

formalised programme sending clinicians at intervals to Malawi may

well provide a good solution to such issues.

For a junior Registrar, whilst

initially daunting, this was a

fantastic experience. Making

challenging decisions was

great for my development.

Furthermore, performing

operations that were a

necessity, yet within the realm

of my capabilities, gave me

huge confidence.

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Visiting Trainee Surgeon’s Charter: travelling to a less developed country

We believe that the decision to organize a fellowship or placement or ‘surgical camp’ in a less developed

country is primarily out of an altruistic drive. Most volunteers feel they have a skill or resources which are

lacking in other parts of the world and their visit is a way of sharing these. There are countless benefits that

the visiting surgeon will most certainly gain from the experience, but these should not take precedence over

the humanitarian goal of the mission. Thus we discourage trips motivated purely by “cutting experience”,

“exposure to tropical pathology and surgery” or “a sense of adventure”. To approach global health on these

grounds alone is essentially unethical and risks being seen simply as human experimentation. It is necessary

to apply the highest ethical standards in your practice abroad, probably even more so than in the UK, since

safeguards for patients often are not as stringent there as they are here and also since you are often going to

be working under much less scrutiny, if only as a result of the staff shortages typical of these placements.

Intention to treat approach

Ensure that all that you do is primarily for the benefit of the recipient country

Ensure supervision from a trusted senior is available in your placement

Do not tackle cases which you think are beyond your capabilities

Do not compete with local doctors, students and clinicians for operating time- form partnerships instead

Accept if no actual benefit has been achieved in terms of training from your visit- use the experience to better

plan future visits

Pre-trip preparation

Make prior contact with destination hospital, including head of department, hospital director etc, especially if

travelling with an agency/NGO which arranges everything for you. It is customary in the UK to go through

these formalities, so it should be common courtesy to do the same abroad.

Have a plan of what you will do and come prepared to your placement

Read up about the health care system and common pathology you will encounter in your placement

Look for courses that will equip you with some of the knowledge and skills useful to work in these different and

often challenging environments

Research what materials/drugs etc will be useful for you to bring

General cultural advice

Respect local culture

Make an effort to learn basic language skills

Try and learn a little about the history and traditions of the country

You can read up about wider issues affecting less developed countries- aid, trade, history, colonialism,

slavery etc. This will often make you more sensitive about subtle issues and help you with connecting with

local people

Be polite, patient, courteous, punctual, appropriately dressed etc as per local culture, just as you would expect

of visitors in the UK

Work attitude (to understand all is to forgive all)

Work ethics will invariably be different from the one you consider normal or appropriate. Remember work ethic

is determined by many factors, including pay, promotion, job security, and other incentives which we pretty

much take for granted here, let alone stringent managerial pressures. This can be very different abroad and

one should take extreme care when criticizing people. You might want to criticize the system instead but again

with care and tact. The appropriate thing is to enquire politely and try and understand the other point of view,

while sharing with them your own work ethic. You can demonstrate the value of it through your own good

example and through convincing accounts of it working from your own past experience.

Be aware of the gap in wealth between you and your colleagues potentially. Revealing your expensive

equipment might not be appropriate, especially if you do not intend to leave them behind for the benefit of the

hospital.

Planning what you bring should also reflect that and indeed you might find yourself carrying equipment that is

not compatible with the health care setting you discover once out there.

Question the relevance of applying “western” standards of healthcare to the recipient country. It might not be

applicable for a number of logistical and cultural reasons.

Be generous, but be careful not to create a culture of dependence. The latter can be frustrating to yourself and

indeed end up being counter-productive to your mission. Giving to local projects and grassroots initiatives

which you find attractive while abroad might be a more sustainable way of sharing your money with the

community.

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The Kadoorie Senior Orthopaedic Fellowship Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Established in 1998 by Dr Jim Gollogly,

CSC is a Non-Government-Organisation

hospital in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom

Penh. The city has a population of 2

million and is undergoing major

redevelopment. The hospital provides free

care for the poor of Cambodia, with an

emphasis on children, but also treats

adults. 20,000 patients are seen each

year, and 5000 procedures performed.

The orthopaedic/plastics department is

staffed by 7 senior Khmer surgeons and 3

surgeons in training (SHO equivalent).

The pathology is varied and presentation

is often delayed. Lower limb long bone

infection and fractures present late with

non and mal-union requiring surgical

reconstruction. CSC is the only hospital

that routinely accepts referrals for

sarcomas and as the pathology is

generally advanced at the time of

presentation, amputation or innovative

limb-sparing surgery is often required.

The hospital has recently acquired

funding to assist with the provision of

adjuvant chemotherapy.

Although limited in comparison to the

developed world the surgical inventory is

sufficient to support the majority of

orthopaedic surgical procedures,

including limb deformity correction with

circular frames, hip arthroplasty and

limited spinal surgery. Record keeping is

electronic.

The aim of the Fellowship is to improve the

quality of care provided by the local Khmer

staff. The fellow will therefore assist with the

surgical workload and training,

independently and under the direct

supervision of Dr Gollogly. The complexity

of cases will depend on the level of his/her

ability and experience, and is suitable for a

senior UK surgeon with an interest in

paediatric orthopaedics, trauma and limb

reconstruction either individually or in

combination. Candidates should ideally

have had experience in, or are able to adapt

to, working in low resource environments.

The successful candidate is expected to

work from 0800 -1700, Monday to Friday,

with no on call commitments. It is expected

that the period of tenure is at least 6

months, and ideally 1 year. The successful

candidate is expected to supervise between

2 and 6 international medical students, who

are involved in the clinical activity as well as

working on research/audit projects aimed at

regional publication.

The fellowship is funded through the

University of Oxford by the Kadoorie Family

and provides a monthly stipend with an

additional allowance for flights,

accommodation and insurance. The hospital

also provides a 4x4 vehicle, for

discretionary use. The funding allows for a

very reasonable quality of life in an exotic

and interesting location.

Applications are welcome from senior (post FRCS) trainees and also from Orthopaedic

surgeons approaching the end of their career. You are encouraged to submit a curriculum

vitae to Dr Gollogly and invited to contact any of the following for further information:

Dr Jim Gollogly - [email protected]

Mr Rob Handley - [email protected]

Professor Keith Willett [email protected]

Mr Andrew Wainwright - [email protected]

Mr Fergal Monsell [email protected]