About

The Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) focuses on key technical skills including knot tying and the safe, effective use of instruments. Following a review and practice of key principles, the course will rapidly contextualise these skills into high-fidelity simulated models, largely using animal material.

The Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) has continued to evolve and has proven to be popular in many countries around the world and is now a mandatory component of the surgical training curriculum. At present, there is no structured training course in Cambodia. Therefore, the Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) could provide a foundation for the development of a formal curriculum.

The concept of running the BSSC in Cambodia evolved from discussions between Mr Wee Lam, a Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon, and Mr Jim Gollogly, a Consultant Surgeon based at The Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh.

Target Audience

• Doctors working in Cambodia; Medical Students studying in Cambodia

Faculty

Speakers:

• Mr David Sedgwick, BSc MedSci [Hons](St A), MB ChB (Edin), FRCSEd
  Consultant General Surgeon
  Fort William, United Kingdom
• Ms Victoria Dobie
  Associate Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics
  Borders General Hospital, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
• Mr Paul Fisher, FRCS
  Consultant General Surgeon
  Caithness General Hospital, Wick, United Kingdom
• Mr Ian W J Wallace, KSt J, MB ChB, BSc, FRCSEd
  Consultant General Surgeon
  St. John's Hospital, Livingston, United Kingdom

Technical Support:

• Dr Sarah Sholl, BSc, MScR, PhD, MBA
  Lecturer
  Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Dr Claire Lindsay, MSc, MA, PhD, MCIPS, FHEA
  Lecturer
  Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom