In November 2024, the SingHealth Global Surgery Academic Clinical Programme (ACP), SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS) and the SingHealth International Collaboration Office (ICO) organised their first ever ‘Global Surgery Workshop: Surgery in Rural and Austere Environments’.
Over 50 participants took part in a four-day programme hosted at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. Attendees came from across South and Southeast Asia — including from Cambodia, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Laos and Sri Lanka — and were provided with the opportunity to gain hands-on, valuable experience with real cadavers.
The workshop was developed to help surgeons operating in rural and low resource environments acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to continue treating patients despite limited access to advanced specialist care or technology that may be available in urban hospitals.
It was a first-of-its-kind course organised in Singapore and the organisers hope to host the workshop annually given the positive response.
Watch the recap below: