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These training modules are developed by the The East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing and Midwifery (ECSACONM).
ALL-SAFE is an international collaboration of surgeons and scientists to teach surgeons in the low-resource setting to perform laparoscopic surgery without special training equipment and a physical teacher.
This module allows medical officers and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent in irrigation and debridement, powered and manual drilling, positioning and correctly inserting Schanz screws, and constructing the rod-to-rod modular frame as part of external fixation procedures for open tibial shaft fractures performed in regions without specialist coverage.
Z-Plasty is a random-pattern local flap and an essential tool within the reconstructive surgery repertoire. It is primarily used to:
OpenSurgiSim is a surgical training system developed by AlgoSurg and Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction for orthopaedic surgeons to learn all the steps of accurate correction of bone deformities. AlgoSurg Inc., USA has been developing many innovative technologies for variety of bone surgeries, specially for lower-limb. The CLLR, Mangal Anand Hospital, Mumbai, India is renowned for its advanced approach to limb lengthening and reconstructive/deformity surgery and research. Together both the organisations developed and clinically tested OpenSurgiSim to bring the best practices of deformity correction surgeries in a form of training module.
ETALO in the Ugandan language of Luganda means "bone infection". For us, ETALO is also an acronym that stands for Education To Advance Limb-Saving Options for Open Fractures and Osteomyelitis.
CrashSavers Trauma is focused on teaching firefighter first responders in Guatemala how to stop bleeding in injured individuals and prevent mortality from hemorrhagic shock. Low- and middle-income countries lack an organized prehospital infrastructure. This, coupled with the absence of formal medical training for prehospital providers, creates suboptimal conditions for providers and patients. Improvement in provider competence and thus, patient safety, are at a standstill until formalized training in hemorrhage control techniques is provided.
This training module allows medical officers (non-specialist physicians) and general surgeons to become confident and competent in the gentle handling of delicate infant tissues as part of neonatal colostomy procedures performed in low to middle income countries (LMICs).
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 Cholecystectomy surgery performed in a simulated environment using Virtual and Augmented Reality (AR/VR).
This module allows traditional bone setters, pre-hospital providers, clinical officers, nurses, nurse practitioners, and medical officers to become confident and competent in performing point-of-care ultrasound diagnostic imaging to rule out the presence of a pediatric distal forearm fracture and distinguish between buckle (torus) fractures and cortical break fractures to make appropriate referrals as part of the management of closed pediatric (< 16 years of age) distal forearm fractures in regions without access to X-ray imaging and orthopedic specialist coverage.
This module allows medical officers, junior orthopedic surgery residents, and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent in irrigation and debridement, powered and manual drilling, positioning and correctly inserting Schanz screws, and constructing the uniplanar external fixator frame as part of external fixation procedures for open tibial shaft fractures performed in regions without specialist coverage. To maximize patient safety, this module teaches learners to use a powered drill to insert self-drilling Schanz screws through the near cortex and then manually advance Schanz screws into the far cortex to avoid plunging.
This STARS (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) - Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion module allows nurses, midwives and clinical officers to become confident and competent in maintaining aseptic technique in sounding the uterus, loading the IUD in the sterile package, setting the gauge to the sounded depth, and gently inserting and deploying the IUD as part of copper and hormonal IUD insertion procedures for long-acting reversible contraception services performed in low to middle income countries.
This module allows medical officers and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists to become confident and competent in irrigation and debridement, powered and manual drilling, positioning and correctly inserting Schanz screws, and constructing the rod-to-rod modular frame as part of external fixation procedures for open humeral shaft fractures performed in regions without specialist coverage. To maximize patient safety, this module teaches learners to use a powered drill to insert self-drilling Schanz screws through the near cortex and then manually advance Schanz screws into the far cortex to avoid plunging.
The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (STARS) - Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment module allows nurses, midwives, clinical officers, and medical officers to become confident and competent in performing visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), and thermal ablation of cervical pre-cancer lesions as part of cervical cancer screening and treatment procedures provided in primary health care facilities and mobile units in resource-constrained settings.
In this course, participants will develop a conceptual framework to assess patients with right lower quadrant pain and refine the psychomotor skills necessary to complete an open appendectomy.
In this paediatric surgery training module series, learners will develop hands-on knowledge of surgical care for neonates, infants, and children — from foundational procedures such as appendicectomy and exploratory laparotomy to the management of complex congenital conditions including gastroschisis, omphalocoele, and anorectal malformations. Topics advance through gastrointestinal emergencies, genitourinary procedures, oncological surgery, and hepatobiliary disease, with modules covering both urgent interventions and staged surgical approaches. By the end of the series, learners will be prepared to function competently and safely in the assessment and surgical management of paediatric patients across a broad range of clinical presentations.
This course is open access and may be used in any other certified program free of charge. It is not currently open edit, however, directors of accredited programs who are interested in contributing material or suggesting improvements are encouraged to contact us.
This course is open access and may be used in any other certified program free of charge. It is not currently open edit; however, directors of accredited programs who are interested in contributing material or suggesting improvements are encouraged to contact us.
This course is open access and may be used in any other certified program free of charge. It is not currently open edit, however, directors of accredited programs who are interested in contributing material or suggesting improvements are encouraged to contact us.
In this paediatric surgery training module series, learners will develop hands-on knowledge of surgical care for neonates, infants, and children — from foundational procedures such as appendicectomy and exploratory laparotomy to the management of complex congenital conditions including gastroschisis, omphalocoele, and anorectal malformations. Topics advance through gastrointestinal emergencies, genitourinary procedures, oncological surgery, and hepatobiliary disease, with modules covering both urgent interventions and staged surgical approaches. By the end of the series, learners will be prepared to function competently and safely in the assessment and surgical management of paediatric patients across a broad range of clinical presentations.