Group Seminars and Conferences
From the beginning our primary focus has been education. We believe that the true measure of our success is what happens after a mission has been completed. Our motto is the old proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Our team has focused not only on one-on-one teaching, but on organized, group education as well, establishing the first orthopedic teaching conferences for doctors and nurses at the children’s hospital. Given our success at the children’s hospital in Santiago, we are encouraged to continue our efforts at this facility and build upon the educational foundations we have already established.
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~Lead surgeon and VP, Dr. Enrico Stazzone gives a lecture on scoliosis to the Dominican orthopedic surgeons and other residents.~ |
~Here Brian McCarty lectures on the benefits of utilizing neuromonitoring technology during spinal surgery.~ |
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~Nurse and POP’s own Director of Marketing (far left) lectures on Infection Prevention and post-operative care.~ |
~Head ICU Nurse, and 5-time volunteer, Beth Seebeck lectures on post-operative care and medication in the ICU.~ |
One-on-One Learning
Continuing education is most effective when delivered in a variety of settings and this is why POP’s educational programs go beyond the classroom and into the OR and the rest of the hospital. During each mission trip, POP volunteer surgeons and medical staff partner together with local surgeons and medical staff at each surgery. This partnership enables deeper learning and greater success.
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~Here Dr. Enrico Stazzon (right) partners with Dr. Miguel Luna (left) in the Operating Room.~ |
~Here ICU Nurse Jen Felber instructs former POP patient, now nursing student, Melissa in the Santiago ICU.~ |
POP hopes to expand upon its educational programs and we will be able to do this with the help of our generous donors and supporters.
As part of POP’s hospital facility improvement programs, as we provide the hospital with new equipment and other resources, we provide training to the local staff on how to utilize and care for the equipment.
Click here to learn more about POP’s facility improvement programs.