Tim Crocker-Buque

About Tim Crocker-Buque

Medsin
Website: http://www.medsin.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United Kingdom About: Medsin is a network of students with an interest in health, with branches at universities across the UK. Medsin's Activities aim to promote health as well as to act upon and educate students about health inequalities in our local and global communities. Medsin's mission is to create a network of students, empowered to effect tangible social and political change in health on a local, national and global level through education, advocacy and community action.
National Health Service - NHS, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx Type: Government Country: United Kingdom About: The NHS is the publicly funded health care system in Great Britain. The NHS provides health care to anyone normally resident in the United Kingdom with most services free at the point of use for the patient though there are charges associated with eye tests, dental care, prescriptions, and many aspects of personal care.

Recent Contributions

Tim Crocker-Buque replied to "Bread and Butter General Surgeon Seeking First International Volunteer Opportunity" in the Global Surgery & Anesthesia community.

This is a very encouraging thread to read. I'm currently doing my junior doctor rotations in the UK and am an aspiring surgeon, with an interest in global surgery. I head a network of postgraduate doctors with an interest in global health. Surgery is something we always struggle with, as there is a lot of anxiety about whether volunteer surgical posts abroad will be sufficiently supported or supervised. We've been working on publishing details of ...
Tim Crocker-Buque replied to "Surgical Implementation Protocol from BMJ Open" in the Global Surgery & Anesthesia community.

This is a very exciting paper, particularly from the perspective of a surgical junior. I know I'm a bit late in responding! One of the central parts of the description of the set up in Bayalpata is the CHW network in the collection and reporting of follow up data. Many areas do not have such a network, so it would seem that if this is not available in other areas, then collecting follow up data ...

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