One world, one standard of care
Global Surgery Courses
Training health care workers to improve surgical care for everyone in the world
Our courses
Burn Care
Comprehensive training on acute burn care and scar management. Our sessions are interactive and blend theory with hands-on skill application.
To Burn Care
Open Fractures
Get vital skills in open fracture management. Learn how to perform a combined orthoplastic approach and receive hands-on training with external fixators.
To Open Fractures
Local Flaps
This course covers the essentials of plastic surgery techniques on how to treat soft tissue defects with local flaps.
To Local Flaps
Anesthesia
This course is for all anesthesia providers. It is designed to strengthen your skills in giving anesthesia and perioperative care to the different patient groups with their comorbidities.
To Anesthesia
Teacher Training
A practical course that equips healthcare professionals with essential teaching and training skills to engage learners and inspire the next generation of healthcare
providers.
To Teacher TrainingAbout our courses
Practical courses that teach universal treatment principles
Our courses are for healthcare professionals in one of our major topics. It is designed to strengthen your teamwork and help you understand each other’s roles in supporting patients’ needs.
All healthcare workers who are members of a team treating patients, such as registered nurses, clinical officers and doctors, are welcome to join.
All healthcare workers who are members of a team treating patients, such as registered nurses, clinical officers and doctors, are welcome to join.
Developed by specialists
Medical experts from around the world – including doctors, surgeons, nurses, plastic surgeons, physiotherapist and patients from high-income settings and resource-limited settings – have developed these courses so that you can learn proven techniques that work for you wherever you are.
A sustainable and scalable training model
Originally developed as an alternative for short-term surgical missions, we experienced that the basics of global surgery model is applicable in many settings. Settings are different but principles are the same. We are working towards a ‘train the trainer’ model that makes it possible for other surgical organizations and societies to use the materials and courses as building blocks in their own training programs.
Tested in 5 countries
To make sure our courses meet your needs, we tested the course material in various local settings around the world:
Haydom Lutheran Hospital, Haydom, Tanzania. Kiruddu Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Friendship Training Center, Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Masanga Hospital, Masanga, Sierra Leone. Amsterdam Skills Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Haydom Lutheran Hospital, Haydom, Tanzania. Kiruddu Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Friendship Training Center, Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Masanga Hospital, Masanga, Sierra Leone. Amsterdam Skills Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
We want to improve surgical care worldwide by increasing global surgical capacity worldwide
Upcoming courses
Find your course in the list below. If you have been invited to join a course, you can register on the course page with your personal registration code.
Previous courses
June 4, 2026
Open Fractures
Arusha, Tanzania BOOF Jun 2026
June 1, 2026
Anesthesia
Haydom, Tanzania BOA Jun 2026
June 1, 2026
Open Fractures
Haydom, Tanzania BOOF Jun 2026
May 26, 2026
Teacher Training
Haydom, Tanzania BoTT May 2026
May 21, 2026
Burn Care
Arusha, Tanzania BOBC May 2026
April 24, 2026
Burn Care
Kumi, Uganda BoBC 2026
One world one standard of care
Our courses provide a standardized way to teach health care workers the basics of surgical care, applicable in every setting.
We focus on the basics because the more experienced you become in your career, the better you will understand that those who correctly apply the basic treatment principles are the best surgeons.
If you are interested to collaborate with us and to explore options to organise a course in you own setting, please contact us at:
info@basicsofglobalsurgery.orgWe focus on the basics because the more experienced you become in your career, the better you will understand that those who correctly apply the basic treatment principles are the best surgeons.
If you are interested to collaborate with us and to explore options to organise a course in you own setting, please contact us at: