Online Consulting Service
Especially:
- Junior MDs (without or with insufficient surgical training) posted on their own in isolated peripheral hospitals.
- Dito expat MDs/GPs and non adapted surgeons >Surgeons of any origin asking for second opinion (concerning individual surgical patients), having problems with infrastructure, surgical equipment etc.
- Hospital-/ OT-Supervisors, Technicians, Maintenance/Supply-officers etc. Health-agencies, NGOs, sending organisations, Missionary Societies.
DTCs main intentions with this Online Consulting Service are:
To offer a complementary contribution to international and national health policies and attempts concerning "Improving surgical care" by providing backing up instructions and encouragement to all health worker involved in surgery facilitate and develop sustainable longterm intercolleagual cooperation structures (hospital twinning including practical support on the spot) develop and introduce medical communication systems and networks of the future.
The following List of the members of the DTC Online Consulting Team is divided in 4 sections (Anglophone Africa and Asia, Francophone Africa and Asia, Spanish speeking and Portuguese speaking countries) DTC-Consultants can be choosen out of the list and contacted directly (by using their E-mail address) according to their main countries of experience and according to their professional specialisation and additional expertise.
If you present a clinical case for discussion of further management you should add to your email all essential clinical findings using a scanner for lab data and/or X-rays or ultra sound fotos. If available you should also use a digital camera to take snaps of the aspects of clinical pathologies eventually of operation situs, wounds, deformities etc. and X-rays and send them attached to your email.
DTC guaranties the permanent availability of at least 2–3 consultants for each clinical/surgical speciality. Post your email request to only one DTC-consultant of your choice and ask for confirmation, that your mail has arrived and been opened. If the DTC-consultant contacted is absent the email is automatically send back with a special notice (duration of absence, recommendation to contact another colleague) You are kindly requested, to send a copy of your email to the office of DTC (
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) for documentation and follow up purpose.
Thank you for your cooperation
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