COSECSA Resident Training Program at Mater Misericordiae Hospital

The COSECSA postgraduate training program is a 5-year general surgery program at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital training site. An award of Fellowship in General Surgery FCS (ECSA) is awarded at the end of the training.

Main Duties:

• Conducting emergency calls, clerking surgical patients, admitting and investigating them in consultation with the surgeons on call or senior residents in the hospital, for guidance and supervision.
• Attending lectures, training seminars, conducting or participating in ward rounds.
• Rotating in different institutions/ stations, as determined by the training programme management to attain requisite skills.
• Offering surgical care including participating in surgical out-patient or consultation clinics,
• Participating in surgical operations, reviewing patients, and following them, under their seniors’ supervision and instructions.
• Researching, CME seminars, teaching of junior staff like medical officers and interns and nurses to provide additional professional skills and management qualities.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives and giving reports as required

Required Qualifications for the Position

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB ChB)
• Minimum 2 years post internship.
• Training in ACLS & ATLS
• Registered with KMPDC with a valid practicing license