ISTP Cape Town

ISTP Programme Info

Key Details

Overall Objectives
  • The overall objective of this program is to improve and broaden the surgical skills of MSF surgeons and thus increase the safety and quality of surgical care for MSF patients.
Specific Objectives
  • Broadening the surgical skills of MSF field surgeons to the competencies required to function in MSF hospitals and programmes
  • Improving access to relevant surgical training for surgeons from project countries
  • Providing specialised trauma care training for surgeons in a high volume trauma centre, including penetrating trauma
Your Profile
  • Aimed towards experienced general surgeons who have a specific skills gap (trauma, orthopaedic, obstetric, burns, etc.)
  • Internationally Mobile Staff- should have completed one assignment with MSF.
  • Locally Recruited Staff should have 6 months experience with MSF.

Methodology

Mode Of Delivery

Clinical rotations

There are four possible rotations in either or at least two hospitals in the Tygerberg hospital circuit. The trauma rotation runs in a minimum of four weeks, Burns and plastic rotation that runs for 2-3 weeks, OBGYN rotation that runs between 1- 2 weeks, and orthopaedic rotation that runs for 1-2 weeks. Participants will be placed in some of these rotations according to their preferences and skills gap for a period agreed by MSF. Participants will have MSF staff on the ground to support their training and their stay in Cape Town.

Supplementary contents

Depending on availability, supplementary courses maybe added to in the rotations schedule.

  • Fresh frozen cadaver (Trauma/Emergency surgery simulation and surgical dissections)
  • Wet lab (Trauma/Emergency surgery simulation on anaesthetised animals)
  • Intensive burn care course
  • Abbreviated ESMOE course for humanitarian & field hospitals
  • Anaesthesia care for field hospitals
  • Humanitarian surgery focused ortho-plastics course
What you would need

Requirements

Requirements

  • Minimum English-speaking level: B1
  • This is an on-site training and participants will be expected to be fully available during the training period
  • To have a personal email address (Not MSF position email address)
  • HPSCA registration which you will be supported to obtain by the ISTP
  • Experienced general surgeons who have a specific skills gap (trauma, orthopaedic, obstetric, burns, etc.)
  • Internationally Mobile Staff – should have completed one assignment with MSF.general surgeons who have a specific skills gap (trauma, orthopaedic, obstetric, burns, etc.)
  • Locally Recruited Staff should have 6 months experience with MSF.

The recommendation letter for this course needs to be written by the MedCo/line manager for those in mission, or Career Manager/Surgical Advisor for those in-between mission.

NOTE: The training is in Cape Town and the eight weeks rotations are done at Stellenbosch university affiliated hospitals. Participants are expected to integrate into the routine services and work night shifts as well as weekends

Study Agreement: Participants agree to work for at least 6  more months for MSF in the field upon completion of the course.

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