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Committees

Accreditation & Program Administrators Committee

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  • Develop accreditation standards, regulations, and guidelines to strengthen Academic Global Surgery Programs

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  • Serve as a forum for the Program Administration community to share challenges, align best practices, and communicate operational needs

Advocacy Committee

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  • Publish conference equity consensus statement which summarizes core barriers and proposes recommendations and identify targets
     

  • Serve as a resource for members who seek to engage in advocacy work especially as it pertains to development of programs in academic global surgery

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Congress Committee

  • Plan and oversee the Academic Global Surgery Congress and meetings, including educational content and agenda coordination
     

  • Collaborate with other committees to deliver and share meeting content with the global membership

Education Committee

  • Assist in the development and promotion of equitable global educational programs, curricula, and learner engagement in academic partnerships​​

Ethics Committee

  • Address issues of equity, human rights, and welfare in academic and clinical practice, sharing guidance with the membership

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  • Serve as both an internal ethics advisor and an external body establishing codes of conduct for research and clinical work

Finance and Membership Committee

  • Evaluate and approve membership applications, manage recruitment and retention, and set the dues structure

  • Ensure equitable representation and inclusion across committees and organizational activities

  • Review financial policies, annual budgets and reports with the VP Finance to ensure transparency and accountability

  • Identify funding opportunities for global surgery partnerships, scholarships and exchange, and review applications for scholarships and research grants

Global and Interprofessional Engagement Committee

  • Ensure equal and transparent representation of all stakeholders in global surgery

  • Engage non-physician and interprofessional colleagues, including nurses, program managers and allied professionals

  • Identify measures to grow and diversify the membership across countries and roles, and to foster inclusion

Associate and Student Committee

  • Engage and update Associate and Student members, and connect with trainee members of like-minded global surgery organizations

  • Build a trainee ambassador network and a reviewer corps, with a trainee section in the newsletter

Public Relations and Communications Committee

  • Manage the Association’s website, global opportunity map, and social media presence to promote visibility and engagement

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  • Explore emerging technologies to enhance communication and advance the Association’s mission​​​

Research and Quality Committee

  • Develop Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Global Surgery research as an academic output
     

  • Continue bimonthly global surgery and quality symposiums

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