TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in global health is out today. It’s absolutely amazing that Mulikat Okanlawon and Fidel Strub are a part of this group. Indeed a great privilege to have been involved with the NOMA initiative since MSF took over from the DNF MSF International

A most wholesome thread
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Animals interrupting wildlife photographers - a thread 🧵

1. A curious fox by Dan Dinu

Applications are now open for 2024 BAPRAS pump priming funds and Paton-Masser memorial funds!
To be eligible, the applicants must either be a holder of NTN in plastic surgery or a consultant within 5 years of appointment.
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Barbara Jemec quietly, without us knowing it, the world went mad. It was as if they had burned all the books and forgotten all the knowledge

When people start saying we don’t need tetanus vaccines….

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Join us at the BSSH instructional course in Manchester and take the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and awareness of finger and thumb reconstruction and challenging reconstructive cases under the guidance of Dr Tos.

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The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) has just released the new Standards for scaphoid fracture management! This resource is designed to be a helpful guide for surgeons to improve the management of these often complex fractures.

📢 Check this out and spread the word!

CCS Trainee Committee Canadian Global Surgery Trainees’ Alliance (CGSTA)

1/ We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of ReSurge International founder and former Chief of Stanford Plastic Surgery, Dr. Donald Laub –– a pioneer and visionary in the global plastic and reconstructive surgery community.

It is disappointing, but perhaps predictable to have reached this point.

SAS doctors have covered the industrial action of our consultant colleagues, our locally-employed colleagues, and our colleagues in training.

Hopefully you can do the same for us now, folks.

Solidarity.

A patient asks you to repeat your name. They then tell you that they do not want to see you and they want to see another doctor who is more qualified. You ask them to repeat what they said. They say exactly the same thing. What do you do?

Discuss please 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

A few snippets from today at the BFIRST BSSH Global Surgery Day. It was great to see so many speakers and attendees. Thank you to all who participated. #globalsurgery #plasticsurgery

🔍⚒️ Choice of Management in Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries: Suture, Bone Anchor, or K-Wires? Does it Matter? 🤔 #OrthoTwitter #HandSurgery #plasticsurgery

This is a crucial discussion in hand surgery, as the thumb's stability is paramount for hand function.🖐️💡…

Interesting piece by Barbara Jemec on global surgeons. I wish the UK was more global surgery- friendly. It's hard to do it by using all your annual leave.

a career in medicine

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A fantastic opportunity….The Royal College of Surgeons of England is offering grants of up to £10,000 for grassroots organisations who are doing really important work to promote diversity and inclusion in surgery. Please spread the word! 📢 📢

I wrote a little piece :
The global surgeon: #Canada vs the #UK | The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England #GlobalSurgery publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/eprint/N4RASJT…

How strange or not that you can connect with someone else across 1000s of miles and from a different culture than you better than where you are living

Or not

#GlobalSurgery