The Surgical Education Learners Forum (SELF) develops and evaluates training modules for health care workers in low-resource settings. SELF training enables anyone to independently learn and self-assess specific skills. SELF training modules are free-to-use and publicly available.

SELF is an evolution of the Global Surgical Training Challenge, which funded the development of surgical training modules that allow practitioners to learn, practice, and self-assess specific surgical skills without supervision from a more experienced surgeon. The training modules are available for free on Appropedia.

Programs[edit | edit source]

The Intuitive Foundation supports three SELF training programs with the following aims.

Develop training modules for clinical health care workers.[edit | edit source]

The SELF: Clinical Skills Training Program funds the development of training modules that enable health care workers in low-resource settings to independently learn and self-assess specific clinical skills. This grant provides funding to adapt existing training materials to be freely available on an open-source platform called Appropedia, and be entirely self-administrable from anywhere in the world.

Funding is available for organizations to adapt, improve, and publish existing clinical skills training modules. This grant accepts proposals on a rolling basis. Learn more here.

Train biomedical technicians to repair and maintain medical devices.[edit | edit source]

The SELF: Biomedical Training Program improves the skills and knowledge of biomedical technicians and engineers in resource-limited settings. The pilot provides learners with no-cost access to Medical Aid International’s biomedical training program, which includes a 13-unit self-administered online training course, device documentation library, high-quality tools, and a laptop.

Funding is available for health care facilities to enroll biomedical technicians in the SELF: Biomedical Training Program at no-cost. This program seeks interest from hospitals by February 14, 2023. Email Jonathan Miller at jonathan@medaid.co.uk for more details.

Future funding will also be available for makerspaces to offer the SELF: Biomedical Training as part of their programming.

Evaluate the effectiveness of self-directed trainings with real learners.[edit | edit source]

The SELF: Training Evaluation Program tests the effectiveness of clinical skills training modules in real-world settings. The program funds health care facilities to identify potential learners and clinical cases, provide time and space for learners to do the training, and measure the effectiveness of the training’s learning aims.

Funding is available for health care facilities to run independent evaluations of SELF clinical skills training modules in low- and middle-income countries. Email info@intuitive-foundation.org for more information.

Our modules[edit | edit source]

NREMT Skillset

This program is run by the Foothill College EMS Programs. The materials in this course encompass the psychomotor skills necessary to meet EMT certification

Tibial Fracture Fixation

This module allows medical officers and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent in irrigation and debridement, powered

ALL-SAFE

ALL-SAFE Overview Simulator Build (Box Trainer) Modules Our Team Validation Evidence Looking Ahead Research and Awards ALL-SAFE is an international collaboration

Uniplanar External Fixation

This module allows medical officers, junior orthopedic surgery residents, and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent

Z-Plasty

Z-plasty is a random-pattern local flap and an essential tool within the reconstructive surgery repertoire. It is primarily used to (1) lengthen contracted

Crash Savers Trauma

CrashSavers Trauma is focused on teaching firefighter first responders in Guatemala how to stop bleeding in injured individuals and prevent mortality from

Humeral Fracture Fixation

This module allows medical officers and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent in irrigation and debridement, powered

Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures

This module allows traditional bone setters, pre-hospital providers, clinical officers, nurses, nurse practitioners, and medical officers to become confident

STARS - Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment

The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (STARS) - Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment module allows nurses, midwives, clinical officers, and

ASAP Syllabus

Welcome to the AMPATH Surgical App (ASAP) Curriculum To strengthen surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and other LMICs, the World Health Organization

ETALO Bone Drilling Module

Annotations: 0:00 Introduction by Team Lead - Dr Moses Fisha Muhumuza 0:28 The burden of Open Fractures & Osteomyelitis in LMICs 0:32 Maria's story 1:15

PTC Course

Who is this for: Doctors in EDs in LMICs and austere environments. Knowledge baseline assumptions: baseline medical knowledge Overview NREMT course (prerequisite)

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Training Module

Our surgical training modules aim to enable novice surgeons to become confident and competent in dissecting the Calot's triangle, as part of the Laparoscopic

Deformity Correction Of Lower Limb Bones

OpenSurgiSim is a surgical training system developed by AlgoSurg and Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction for orthopaedic surgeons to learn all

Cardiac Surgical Skills Training Module

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) 15 month old child with PDA prior to ligation in Honduras Goal statement: Our goal is to provide a cost efficient simulation-training

STARS - Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion

This STARS (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) - Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion module allows nurses, midwives and clinical officers to become

Colostomy in Newborns

This training module allows medical officers (non-specialist physicians) and general surgeons to become confident and competent in the gentle handling

Orthoplastic reconstruction

This module allows surgical practitioners to become more confident and competent in Orthoplastic reconstruction by removing contaminated debris and all

V-Y Advancement Flap

This module allows surgical practitioners to become more confident and competent in V-Y Advancement Flap by utilizing basic geometry to either recruit

GlobalSurgBox

The GlobalSurgBox, the Universal Surgical Simulator that fits in a toolbox, is a surgical simulator that fits in a 12.5-inch toolbox, is capable of teaching