World Orthopaedic Concern UK

How Can You Help?

World Orthopaedic Concern is a registered charity and relies on voluntary contributions and membership subscriptions for all of its work. All financial donations would be most gratefully received and should be sent to our treasurer

If you have any hospital or orthopaedic equipment to give away that is in good working order and may be useful in a developing country, please contact our chairperson to discuss whether we might find a hospital keen to accept it. Transport to foreign climes is always an issue, so please do ask prior to sending items to us.

Consultant level Volunteer Opportunities Abroad

For any fully trained orthopaedic surgeon, many short term teaching opportunities exist.

Urgent need for an orthopaedic surgeon in Nepal

Tansen Mission Hospital in Nepal is urgently seeking an orthopaedic surgeon for the period 12th - 26th October to cover the sole resident surgeon's period of leave.

Please visit: www.tansenhospital.org.np/jobs

Orthopaedic Surgeons in training

For orthopaedic trainees, holding a surgical fellowship of one of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain, there exist opportunities for training and teaching that are approved for up to one year of Specialist Registrar training by the English SAC in:

Blantyre, MALAWI

Further opportunities are also available, but for which SAC training recognition has not yet been formally requested. Such positions may be positively considered by the SAC as constituting approved training posts, but individual request for such approval would have to be submitted by any volunteer.

Alternatively:

• up to six weeks of SpR training can be taken as either paid or unpaid leave at your regional postgraduate dean's discretion for such an educational venture.
• Study leave or extended annual leave may be requested for any of these posts.