Education and Training

Surgical Care at the District Hospital (SCDH) manual

Contains teaching material on the most essential emergency, surgical, obstetric, and anesthetic procedures. Written by an international team of specialists for surgeons, non-surgeons, and healthcare workers alike.

Translated into French, Korean, Mongolian, Vietnamese, Dari, and Pashtu. Ongoing translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Kiswahili.

• More information on the SCDH manual
• Download the SCDH
  pdf, 6.96Mb
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Training workshops

Aims to strengthen local capacity in emergency and essential surgical skills.

• Reports on Country and Regional-level Workshops
• Training methodology

• Surgical Care at the District Hospital
  pdf, 6.96Mb
• Evaluation of Self-Learning
  pdf, 596kb
• Guide to Development of a Training Program
  pdf, 83kb
• Trainer's guide (WHO Training Workshop for EESC)
  pdf, 64kb
• Guide to EESC training agenda and schedule
  pdf, 44kb
• Participant's Evaluation of EESC training
  pdf, 28kb
• Sample EESC training workshop report
  pdf, 32kb

Integrated Management of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (IMEESC) e-learning toolkit

Contains WHO recommendations for minimum standards in emergency and essential surgical and anesthetic interventions at the first-referral level health-care facilities.

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Training Videos

Includes management of wounds, tendon, and soft tissue injuries, head and spinal injuries, as well as various fractures of the pelvis and upper and lower limbs. Available only on the IMEESC CD.

• Brief description of the videos
• Sample video (wmv file)
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