RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Review of a Canadian forum on international surgery: the Bethune Round Table
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 479
OP 484
VO 48
IS 6
A1 Robert H. Taylor
A1 Gwen Hollaar
YR 2005
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/48/6/479.abstract
AB The Bethune Round Table is an annual conference on international surgery that is unique in North America. Hosted by the Office of International Surgery at the University of Toronto, the conference provides a forum for profiling the global realities of surgical need, particularly as they relate to vulnerable and disadvantaged people of low-income countries. The 2004 Bethune Round Table, drawing on input from 4 continents, highlighted “emerging directions.” Presentations and discussions focused on the themes of current surgical realities, the implications for surgical education, the role of specialized surgical services and the function of surgical partnerships.