STRYKER OUTREACH TRAVELLING AWARD

About Outreach

Orthopaedic Outreach is an international charity. It is a body of surgeons, nurses and Rotarians who are committed to improving the orthopaedic health of nations in the Asia Pacific Region.

There are two main aims of the Orthopaedic Outreach charity. Firstly, by facilitating several surgical tours each year to these nations, a large number of patients are able to be treated. Secondly, visits focus on the education of local doctors so that eventually they are able to offer the same high standard of surgery to their own people. To this end, a set curriculum has been compiled by Orthopaedic Outreach to allow doctors from several of these countries to complete a diploma program in orthopaedic surgery.

To date, Orthopaedic Outreach expeditions have reached Indonesia, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Timor and many other Pacific Island nations. For example, ‘Club Foot’ is a common congenital abnormality in the Polynesian People and over the last 20 years over 600 children from Tonga have been treated for this condition. Problems associated with non or mal union of fractures and septic arthritis of joints are other common problems encountered while abroad.

For more information about the work of Orthopaedic Outreach visit www.orthoreach.org.au

About the Award

Stryker South Pacific is working with Orthopaedic Outreach to provide funding which will allow several registrars to accompany consultant surgeons on these international aid expeditions. The award is open to registrars on the Surgical Education & Training Scheme in years SET2 and above.

The grant will cover flights, accommodation and a per diem allowance whilst abroad and will be judged and administered by the Orthopaedic Outreach management committee.

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Conditions of the Award

•	All Australian registrars on the SET scheme in years SET2 and above are eligible for the award.
•	Applicants must be financial members of Orthopaedic Outreach. To join please complete the Orthopaedic Outreach application form.
•	Applications will be received during the course of the year and will be assessed for suitability after lodgement.
•	Successful candidates will be notified by phone.
•	The decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
•	Award winners must submit a short report to the Orthopaedic Outreach management committee on their activity/experience while abroad after returning home.
•	Award not open to New Zealand applicants.

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Stryker Outreach Travelling Award Recipients

Read about their experience

•	John Tawfik - NSW - Fiji	John Tawfik Report
•	Julian Yu - NSW - Honiara	Julian Yu Report
•	Gordon Hay - WA - Kirabati	Gordon Hay Report
•	Richard Kjar - VIC - Samoa	Richard Kjar Report
•	Paul Jarman - NSW - Tonga	Paul Jarman News
•	Kosta Calligeros – NSW – Samoa	Kosta Calligeros Report
•	Jai Kumar - NSW - Tonga	Jai Kumar Report
•	Vera Kinsel - NSW - Fiji
•	Tack Shin Lee - NSW - Timor
•	Jonathan Mulford - NSW - Solomon Islands
•	David Carmody - NSW - Solomon Islands
•	Grant Booth - WA - Papua New Guinea
•	Daniel Rahme - NSW - Solomon Islands
•	Phong Tran – VIC – Solomon Islands
•	Boris Brankov – WA – Papua New Guinea
•	Will Bryceson – WA – Madagascar
•	Tanya Burgess – VIC – West Timor
•	James Tunggal – NSW – Bali

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