20th ANNUAL GENERAL & SCIENTIFIC MEETING [AGSM]

Theme: “Two Decades of Postgraduate Medical Training in Ghana”

4th – 8th December, 2023
(Virtual & In-Person Meetings)

AGSM Registration Fee: Fellows & Members: GHS 700 | Residents: GHS 300

Preconference Workshop Fee: GHS 115 per day (Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number as reference).

Welcome to the 20th Anniversary Annual General and Scientific Meeting [AGSM] of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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  • Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115
  • Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conference code (on flyer) as reference.
  • Register online for the virtual sessions you intend to attend and receive an email with a link to join.
  • Certificate of Participation will be sent to participants electronically for attending the Pre-conference Workshops / Ethics Seminar.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (Virtual)

[Monday, 4th Dec @ 8:00am - 4:00pm]

Faculty ofAnaesthesia

Topic: Chronic Oncological Pain

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Zoom Meeting ID: 914 0281 3155

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-ANA) as reference.

Faculty ofObstetrics & Gynaecology

Topic: Gynaecological Cancer Care

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Zoom Meeting ID: 813 9427 6529

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-DEN) as reference.

Faculty ofDental Surgery & Subspecialties

Topic: The Practice of Dentistry and Law

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Zoom Meeting ID: 971 9134 2220

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-DEN) as reference.

Faculty ofEmergency Medicine

Topic: Emergency Medicine Insights

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Zoom Meeting ID: 997 8867 1831

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-EME) as reference.

Faculty ofOphthalmology

Topic: Role of Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology

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Zoom Meeting ID: 956 9705 2284

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-OPH) as reference.

Faculty ofOrthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

Topic: Principles and Practice of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

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Zoom Meeting ID: 921 8327 9090

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-ORT) as reference.

Faculty ofOtorhinolaryngology

Topic: A Mine in the Throat, A discourse on Ingested Foreign Bodies

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Zoom Meeting ID: 981 8526 7341

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-OTO) as reference.

Faculty ofPsychiatry

Topic: Psychiatry in Autoimmune Diseases

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Zoom Meeting ID: 940 2320 3222

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-PSY) as reference.

Faculty ofPublic Health

Topic: Public Health Practice in Ghana

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Zoom Meeting ID: 965 2470 2956

Passcode: GCPS

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Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-PUB) as reference.

Faculty ofPaediatrics & Child Health

Topic: Paediatric Electrocardiography – From Basics to Clinical Applications

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Zoom Meeting ID: 819 2497 1901

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Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-PAE) as reference.

Faculty ofRadiology, Oncology & Radiotherapy

Topic: Update in Management of Gastric Cancer

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Zoom Meeting ID: 920 1054 3731

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-RAD) as reference.

Faculty ofSurgery & Subspecialties

Topic: Minimizing Surgical Complications

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Zoom Meeting ID: 836 6657 5138

Passcode: GCPS

NB: After registration, you will receive a link in your email to join the Preconference workshop.

Payment Details:

Registration and MDC Certification Fee: GHS 115

Payments should be made to MOMO number 0559856745 with your MDC registration number and pre-conferenc code (Example: MDC/RN/00000, PC-RAD) as reference.

Orientation for Graduands

[Monday | Time: 4:00pm @ College Auditorium]

FACULTY MEETINGS (Virtual)

[Tuesday, 5th Dec @ 9:00am]

Faculty ofFamily Medicine

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Zoom Meeting ID: 933 2621 4200

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Faculty ofLab Medicine

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Zoom Meeting ID: 983 8964 5741

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Faculty ofInternal Medicine

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Zoom Meeting ID: 918 0809 2416

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Faculty ofPaediatrics & Child Health

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Zoom Meeting ID: 941 9629 7586

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Faculty ofPsychiatry

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Zoom Meeting ID: 913 9416 8312

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Faculty ofPublic Health

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Zoom Meeting ID: 968 4906 1992

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Faculty ofRadiology, Oncology & Radiotherapy

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Zoom Meeting ID: 937 0530 0417

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Faculty ofNeurosurgery

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Zoom Meeting ID: 836 5002 1834

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Faculty ofAnaesthesia

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Zoom Meeting ID: 964 5602 6191

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Faculty ofDental Surgery

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Zoom Meeting ID: 972 0396 3282

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Faculty ofEmergency Medicine

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Zoom Meeting ID: 995 9658 6757

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Faculty ofObstetrics & Gynaecology

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Zoom Meeting ID: 899 3057 7633

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Faculty ofOphthalmology

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Zoom Meeting ID: 893 1737 3521

Passcode: GCPS

Faculty ofOtorhinolaryngology

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Zoom Meeting ID: 822 6622 3617

Passcode: GCPS

Faculty ofSurgery & Subspecialties

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Zoom Meeting ID: 835 9652 6992

Passcode: GCPS

Faculty ofOrthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

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Zoom Meeting ID: 893 5080 2127

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Induction for Newly Qualified Members (In-Person)

[Tuesday | Time: 1:00pm]

Divisional Board Meetings (Virtual)

[Tuesday | Time: 5:00pm]

FELLOWSHIP INDUCTION | RECTOR'S MEETING WITH RESIDENTS | COLLEGE DINNER

[Wednesday, 6th Dec]

Induction for Newly Qualified Fellows (In-Person)

[Wednesday | Time: 9:00am]

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS | ETHICS SEMINAR (Virtual)

[Thursday, 7th Dec]

Scientific Session 1A

[Moderator: Prof. Pius Agbenorku]

8:30 – 8:35 am: Introduction


8:37 – 8:52 am: MWound Complication after Emergency Laparotomy: A Study Comparing Transverse and Vertical Abdominal Wall Incisions in Children at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi – Dr. Fareeda Agyei 


8:54 – 9:09 am: Management of Complex Lower Extremity Trauma in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Prospective Longitudinal Study – Dr. Dominic Konadu-Yeboah


9:011 – 9:26 am: Factor Associated with Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury after Thyroidectomy at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital – Dr. Ijeoma Aja


 

9:28 – 9:48 am: DISCUSSION


 

Scientific Session 1B

[Moderator: Dr. Justina Ansah]

8:30 – 8:35 am: Introduction


8:37 – 8:52 am: Are we Focusing on the Right Drivers of Health Inequality? – Dr. Delanyo Dovlo 


8:54 – 9:09 am: Evaluation of root canal working length determination by tactile method, radiographic & electronic apex locator – Dr. Frank Osei-Bonsu


9:011 – 9:26 am: Physical Inactivity among Corporate Bank Workers in Accra, Ghana: Implications for Health Promotion – Dr. George Nketiah


9:28 – 9:48 am: DISCUSSION


 

Scientific Session 2

[Moderator: Prof. Samuel Debrah]

10:20 – 10:30 am: Introduction


10:30 – 11:00 am: Technology in Postgraduate Training in Ghana(Euracare, University of Ghana Medical Centre)


11:00 – 11:20 am: DISCUSSION


11:20 – 12:00 pm: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as a cause of Shortness of Breath in an Obstetric Patient(International Maritime Hospital, MDS Lancet Laboratories Ghana Ltd, Lister Hospital and Fertility Centre, The Bank Hospital)


12:00 – 12:20 pm: DISCUSSION


 

Scientific Session 3A (Anaesthesia)

[Moderator: Prof. Ernest Aniteye]

2:30 – 2:40 pm: Introduction


2:40 – 2:55 pm: Selected Admission Serum Electrolytes Levels and Associated Clinical Outcome in Critically III Patients Admitted to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra – Dr. Lorraine Baffour-Awuah


2:57 – 3:12 pm: Determination of the Appropriateness and Safety of using the Intranasal Route for Sedation and Paediatrics CT-Scan at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana – Dr. Beauty Naa Yarley Annan


3:14 – 3:29 pm: Comparison of the Effect of Intravenous and Intra-Cuss Magnessium of Post-Extubation Tracheal Morbidity – Dr. Naa Martekuor Vanderpuye


3:29 – 3:50 pm: DISCUSSION


 

Scientific Session 3B (Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery)

[Moderator: Dr. Henry Holdbrook-Smith]

2:30 – 2:40 pm: Introduction


2:40 – 2:55 pm: Building Trauma Care Systems in Ghana: The Role of Stakeholders – Prof. Robert Ekow Quansah


2:57 – 3:12 pm: CSports-related Injuries: Incidence, Pattern and Outcomes of Treatment – Dr. Dominic Konadu-Yeboah


3:14 – 3:29 pm: Management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Case Series Review – Dr. Gabriel Asante


3:29 – 3:50 pm: DISCUSSION


 

ETHICS SEMINAR, THANKSGIVING & AWARDS CEREMONY

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