Teaching Cases

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has collaborated with multiple institutions to create a wide range of teaching cases, focusing on areas of import within Global Health, including surgical access, quality of care, education, and training. Please see below a listing of cases by institution.  Click on the title of each case to be directed to a brief abstract. The first round of completed cases will be available at the end of April 2015.

BABSON

The following cases are being prepared by James W. Quinn under the direction of Kate McKone-Sweet, and collaboration with Len Schlesinger as well as members of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.

Case 1: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)-lite in Mozambique 

Case 2: Surgical Quality Assurance Database (SQUAD) in Uganda 

Case 3: Treating Hydrocephalus in Uganda 

Case 4: Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda

Case 5: Surgical Systems Building in Haiti 

Case 6: Formation of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Case 7: Surgical Referral Systems with BRAC in Bangladesh 

Case 8: Building Surgical Capacity in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Mongolia

*Funding for these cases was provided by the National Cancer Institute (cases 1-3) and The Rockefeller Foundation (cases 4-7).

The following cases are being prepared by Rebecca WeintraubJulie Rosenberg Talbot, Tiffany Chao, and Sarah Arnquist along with members of the Commission.

Case 1: The Indus Hospital: Delivering Free Health Care in Pakistan

Case 2: Kijabe Hospital: Exploring the surgical services and surgical training opportunities at a nearly 100-year old Christian mission hospital

Case 3: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya

*Funding for these cases was provided by the Pershing Square Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, respectively.

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

The following case is being prepared by Robert Kaplan, along with Bipin Mistry and Karla Bertrand of Harvard Business School.  Click here for information on HBS’s initiative on improving health care delivery.

Case 1:  Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners In Health in Haiti

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The following case is being prepared by Scott Snell and Gerry Yemen of UVA’s Darden School of Business together with members of the Commission.

Case 1: Transformation in Somaliland: Edna Adan Maternity Hospital

*Funding for this case was provided by the National Cancer Institute. 

MELBOURNE BUSINESS SCHOOL

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE

The Commission has collaborated with Professor Devanath Tirupati of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India and Associate Professor Kannan Sethuraman of Melbourne Business school to develop the following case.

Case 1: Surgical Care for Low-Income Populations: Alternative Delivery Models

*Funding for this case was provided by The Rockefeller Foundation.