COOL Advanced Orthopaedic Courses
Through the COOL Programme, nine one-week advanced orthopaedic training courses were delivered in the COSECSA region by UK and regional faculty, aimed at senior surgical trainees with a career interest in orthopaedics. Since the UKAID-funded programme finished, we are grateful to various donors who have continued to support further orthopaedic training courses in the region, continuing the partnership between Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and COSECSA surgeons.
courses
COURSE 9: HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
3-6 October 2016
Location: University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia
This course was aimed at surgical trainees in the COSECSA region with a career interest in orthopaedics, and jointly hosted by University Teaching Hospital and Beit CURE Hospital Zambia.
Local hosts: Dr D Sakala, Dr J Munthali, Dr L Chikoya, Dr G Lastroni, Dr J Sitali.
Course 8: Paediatric Orthopaedics
18-21 April 2016
Location: Beit CURE International Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Local hosts: Dr Kyle James and Dr Nicholas Lubega
Course Reports
COURSE 7: PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
29 February – 3 March 2016
Location: CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
COURSE 6: HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Dates: 5-8 October 2015
Location: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
COURSE 5: TUMOUR AND FLAPS
Dates: 29 September - 1 October 2015
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Topic: Tumour
COURSE 4: HIP AND KNEE
Dates: 14-17 July 2014
Location: CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital and Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Topic: Hip and Knee
COURSE 3: PAEDIATRICS
Dates: 26-29 May 2014
Location: CURE Ethiopia Children's Hospital and Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Topic: Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
COURSE 2: SPINE
Dates: 22-25 April 2014
Location: AIC-CURE Hospital, Kijabe, Kenya
Topic: Spine
COURSE 1: PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
Dates: 8-11 July 2013
Location: Beit CURE International Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Topic: Elective orthopaedics with a primary focus on paediatric orthopaedics and management of infection, with particular reference to Africa.