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8 SICOT News SICOTNEWS | February 2010 - No. 121 Official Inauguration of the SICOT Education Centre in Assiut Prof Galal Z. Said SICOT National Delegate of Egypt The SICOT Education Centre in Assiut was inaugurated on 19 December 2009 by Prof Mostafa Kamal, President of Assiut University; Prof Maher El Assal, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine; Prof Cody Bünger, President of SICOT, and Prof Jochen Eulert, Secretary General of SICOT. The Centre is a continuation of the collaboration between Assiut University and SICOT to further the education and training of surgeons and other relevant health care workers, in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology. Prof Cody Bünger and Prof Jochen Eulert with the staff of the Orthopaedic Department, Assiut University The Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at Assiut University Hospital is staffed by 14 professors, eight assistant professors, five lecturers and 16 assistant lecturers. Conferences, seminars, postgraduate lectures and workshops are routine activities in the Department. These scientific sessions are regularly attended by the members of staff, trainees, allied staff and orthopaedic surgeons from surrounding areas. Prof Galal Said, Prof Cody Bünger, and Prof Jochen Eulert attending the scientific meeting at the Assiut Education Centre The Department has six operating rooms, in full use six days a week. In the year 2008, 3,384 operations were performed. Orthopaedic trauma cases are received and treated in a separate location of the hospital where there are three operating rooms. During 2008, there were 10,100 admissions to the trauma service, of which 7,500 required surgery. General and specialised outpatient clinics are held six days a week. The outpatient department receives on average 80 cases a day. The orthopaedic training programme of Assiut University Hospital includes 14 residents in different years of training: two Egyptian Fellows, three African SICOT Fellows, seven Yemeni, two Jordanian, and one Syrian Fellows. Some Fellows are, in addition to receiving training, preparing for Masters or Doctoral Degrees. The department was accredited as a training centre for residents in 2004 by Prof Charles Sorbie, former President of SICOT. He applied the same rigour in assessing the programme as used for Accreditation by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. So far, 39 African Fellows from 11 African countries have been trained in the Department, under the Assiut University/SICOT Training Fellowship Programme, helped by funding from the SICOT Foundation. African Fellows using the computer facilities at the Education Centre The SICOT Education Centre in Assiut occupies a large airconditioned hall in the centre of the Department. It is equipped with eight computers and a high speed Wi-Fi connection. It has been provided with a well stocked library which includes among its volumes, important orthopaedic journals and textbooks. SICOT will provide the Centre with recently published books, CDs, videotapes, and support visiting teachers who will help to foster orthopaedic and trauma learning. SICOT has already established a Telediagnostic station in the Department. The SICOT Education Centre is making available, every day, learning facilities for all trainees. Doctors from neighbouring countries are invited to benefit from these facilities.
Prof Essam El Sherif, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Prof Galal Said, Prof Bünger, Prof Mostafa Kamal, President of Assiut University, Prof Eulert, Prof Maher El Assal, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, after signing the agreement Assiut University/SICOT Training Fellowships These fellowships are co-funded by the Assiut University, SICOT, and the SICOT Foundation. On 19 December 2009, an agreement between the Assiut University and SICOT was formally signed to continue this collaboration. The programme is an initiative of Prof Galal Zaki Said and has been ongoing since February 2002. Four to eight annual fellowships for a 3 to 6 months’ training programme at the Assiut University Teaching Hospital are available for young English-speaking surgeons from Africa. Candidates must be under 40 at the beginning of the fellowship and members of SICOT. The fellowships include: - free full-board accommodation at the Hospital, - USD 100 per month for expenses, and - a round trip economy class air ticket. Fellows are enrolled in the training programme, attend all scientific activities, and assist in surgery. They have access to, and the possibility to train in, all the subspecialties represented in the department. Permanent training programmes start in March and September. Applications are welcome throughout the year and should be sent to Prof Galal Zaki Said: Faculty of Medicine Assiut University P.O. Box 110 - Assiut Egypt SICOT Diploma Examination 2010 Fax: +20 88 2400 435 E-mail: gzsaid@yahoo.com The eighth SICOT Diploma Examination will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 31 August 2010, and will consist of a written part and an oral part. The written part will be comprised of 100 multiple choice questions based on the Hyperguide and will last two hours. The subjects questioned are in the following categories: General Orthopaedics, Trauma, Paediatrics, Pathology, Sports Medicine, Hand, and Basic Sciences. The oral part, also lasting two hours, will be held on the same day. Each candidate will be examined by two examiners in each of the four major subjects: Adult Orthopaedics and Pathology (30 minutes), Trauma (30 minutes), Paediatrics and Hand (30 minutes), and Basic Sciences (30 minutes). The number of places available is limited to 24 and registration only becomes effective once the registration form and payment have been received by the SICOT Head Office. Würzburg/Assiut SICOT Fellowship During the inauguration of the Education Centre in Assiut an educational agreement was also signed and entered into for a period of four years by the Orthopaedic Department of Würzburg University in Germany, the Orthopaedic Department of Assiut University in Egypt, and SICOT, as part of their educational role. Under the umbrella of the SICOT educational activities, Würzburg University will provide biannual Fellowships for trainees from Assiut University. The Fellowships will be awarded for a period of six months and will include training in an orthopaedic specialty. Accommodation will be provided for free by Würzburg University, in addition to a monthly allowance of EUR 800 for each fellow. Assiut University will provide the return airfare for the fellows. Candidates must be SICOT members and must have more than three years’ experience. They should be graduates or affiliated to Assiut University. This agreement started in January 2010 and includes a total of eight candidates until the end of 2013. Assiut University Administrative Building Please note that candidates must: • provide their CV; • have had 4 years of medical practice since obtaining their medical degree; • provide a letter from their Head of Department specifying that they are actively engaged in a training programme; • be members of SICOT or in the process of applying for membership at the time of registration. Online registration is open on the SICOT website. A judging panel will review all applications and reserves the right to refuse any application. For more information about the SICOT Diploma Examination, please visit the SICOT website (www.sicot.org) or send an e-mail to hq@sicot.org. SICOTNEWS | February 2010 - No. 121 9
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