Grand Rounds, February 20, 2025

February 17, 2025

Presentation Title: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Kapsowar and Beyond in sub-Saharan Africa

Speaker: William Rhodes, MD

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM ‐ 8:00 AM
Location: Medical School Building
Learning Format: In‐Person

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe how the surgical disparity continues to grow in sub-Saharan Africa compared to the West
  • List opportunities for skilled surgical personnel in the West to contribute to the growing surgical needs in sub-Saharan Africa are real and relevant
  • Explain how collaboration of the surgical West with sub-Saharan Africa finds its greatest potential in care for present surgical needs and training of future surgical personnel from sub-Saharan Africa as an answer to the growing surgical disparity

Accreditation Statement:
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:
William Rhodes, MD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Planners and other Administrative Support:
Sasha Adams, MD, Associate Professor, Acute Care Surgery Program Director, General Surgery Residency Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Surgery, LillianKao, MD, Professor, Surgery, Richard Andrassy, MD, Aditi Kashikar, MD, Shah-Jahan Dodwad, DO, and Marina E Petsalis, MD have no financial relationship(s) withineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.

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