episode 21: practicing surgery in South Africa - Sithombo Maqungo
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Join our latest orthohub see one / do one episode with our distinguished guest Professor Sithombo Maqungo, where we find out all about practicing surgery in South Africa. Sithombo is the Head of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Groote Schuur Hospital and Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT), internationally recognised for clinical excellence, research outputs, and training opportunities. As well as being the Lead for Trauma Care and Injury Prevention at UCT, Sithombo is also President of the South African Orthopaedic Trauma Society, faculty for AO South Africa & AO Europe, the founder and Chair of Cape Town International Trauma Conference. He was previously an AO Gordon Siboto travelling fellow and has also recently been made an ABC Fellow. His charity work includes advocating for a "Gun-free South Africa" and child safety. In this wide-ranging conversation, we cover many different aspects of his life and career including: how playing tennis (and his friend's hi-fi system) was instrumental in his becoming a doctorhis experiences of being a medical student as APARTHEID ended and Nelson Mandela became presidentwhat was surgical training like in Cape Town during the noughties and his medical experience as he travelled the world and how have things developed since thenhow much of trauma surgery still takes place overnightwhat does surgical training look like in South Africawhat are the biggest challenges of practicing orthopaedics in South Africa  interfacing with bone-setters, rural practices, and state-of-the-art equipmentand the impact of gun violence, as well as measures to try and reduce this and focusing on injury preventionPlease subscribe on your podcast player and leave us a rating and a review! You can also find us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and at www.orthohub.xyz Twitter: @orthohubxyz @kashakhtar @petebates
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