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.
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
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
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
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
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