MEDICAL STUDENTS HELP CREATE SURGICAL TRAINING TOOL TO MEET LOCAL AND GLOBAL NEEDS

On May 19, 2021, more than 20 medical students from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, along with a handful of residents, fellows, and faculty members from the Department of Surgery, gathered in the home of Yihan Lin, MD, MPH, a cardiothoracic surgery fellow.

The event was hosted by the CU chapter of the Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA), a national student-run global surgery working group committed to educating and uniting medical students through engagement and mentorship in global surgery. A group of cardiothoracic surgery residents and fellows from CU, University of Virginia, and University of Pennsylvania originally designed the GlobalSurgBox as an affordable, reusable, and portable toolkit to train learners at all stages, from medical students to cardiothoracic fellows. The modular design allows for any number of training modules to be created.

Read the full post in the CU Department of Surgery Newsroom.