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activities and redefined future
directions to assist those
surgeons who want to volunteer.
Programmatic highlights
include the following:
• The Case for Global Surgery
Consortia: Provide a platform for
global surgery programs to join
hands in delivering surgical care
and workforce development. OGB
encourages academic surgical
programs to participate in this
effort.
•Preparing ACS Fellows for Global
Engagement: Most fellows and
residents report the need for
global engagement training.
At the 2016 Clinical Congress,
OGB offered an inaugural
didactic course on Global Health
Competencies for surgeons.
This course will be provided at
this year’s Clinical Congress in
conjunction with a surgical skills
course for providing care in low-resource settings.
Domestic volunteerism
Recognizing the need for
enhanced, sustainable,
and coordinated domestic
volunteerism efforts, OGB
continues to work toward
developing a comprehensive
database of free surgical
access clinics. If you or your
colleagues are engaged in
YOUR ACS BENEFITS
CLINICAL CONGRESS 2017 ACTIVITIES
OGB will be sponsoring or cosponsoring sessions and
activities at this year’s Clinical Congress. Surgeons at all
stages of their career and in all specialties are encouraged
to participate in these sessions, which are as follows:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
8: 30 am–4:00 pm
DC04 Global Health
Competencies for Surgeons:
Cognitive and Systems Skills
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
9:45–11: 15 am
PS103 Humanitarian Surgical
Outreach at Home and Abroad:
Reports of the 2017 Volunteerism
and Humanitarian Recipients
11: 30 am–1:00 pm
SF06 Global Surgery and
Humanitarian Outreach I
1:15–2: 15 pm
ME114 Operation Giving Back
3:00–5:00 pm
Global Surgery Leaders Meeting
6:00–7: 30 pm
OGB Reception
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
11: 30 am–1:00 pm
Resident Interest Group Meeting
1:00–3:00 pm
ST16 Volunteer While You Are
Here—Feeding San Diego
(registration required)
2:30–5: 45 pm
PS228 Ethics Colloquium: Ethical
Challenges of Global Surgery
2:30–4:00 pm
PS235 Current State of Health
Care Disparities in Surgery and
Solutions for the Future
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
8:00–9:00 am
NL09 Distinguished Lecture of the
International Society of Surgery
8:00–9: 30 am
PS304 Global Engagement
9:45–11: 15 am
SF44 Global Surgery/
Humanitarian Outreach II
2:30–4:00 pm
SF54 Global Surgery/
Humanitarian Outreach III