Education
2018 Botswana Spine Care Conference
The Third World Spine Care Botswana Spine Care Conference
“Creating a country-wide program for the prevention of spine disability.”
7-8 May, 2018
Mahalapye, Botswana
On May 7 and May 8, 2018 World Spine Care, in cooperation with the Botswana Ministry of Health organized the Third World Spine Care Conference at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Botswana.
More details can be seen on the Eventbrite registration page.
Lectures
Below is the list of lectures from the conference. Just click on the lecture title to view and download the .pdf of the lecture.
Day 1
Session 1: World Spine Care and The Global Spine Care Initiative
Prof. Margareta Nordin – Welcome: Creating a Country Wide Program for the Prevention of Disability
Dr. Richard Brown – The effect of spinal disorders in low- and middle-income communities: the status of non-surgical care in Africa.
Dr. Alex van der Horst – The challenges of providing advanced spine care to underserved communities in Southern Africa
Dr. Katarzyna Trok – The impact of spinal cord injuries in underserved communities and what is needed to improve care.
Dr. Scott Haldeman – The development of a Model of Care for Spinal Disorders in underserved communities – Introduction to the Global Spine Care Initiative
(Large file: 136 MB)
Session 2: Primary Spine Care in underserved communities
Scott Haldeman – Defining Primary Spine Care. Classes of spinal disorders that can be managed in a primary spine care setting.
(Large file: 34 MB)Margareta Nordin – Assessment of Spinal Disorders including yellow flags: Guidance from the evidence.
Alex van der Horst – Determination of red flags for serious spinal disease. Trauma, infection (TB), neoplasm.
Chris Collaca – Conservative treatment for common spinal diseases. View from a high-income country.
Geoff Outerbridge – Non-invasive treatment intervention. Education, exercise, manual therapy. The World Spine Care program.
Erin Moon – Yoga for active self-care and pain management.
Session 3: Secondary Spine Care in underserved communities
Scott Haldeman – Defining Secondary Spine Care. Classes of spinal disorders requiring secondary spine care.
(Large File: 30 MB)Alberto Zerbi – The indications for and interpretation of spine imaging in a setting with limited resources.
Vincent Setlhare – Indications for and interpretation of laboratory testing in a patient with spine-related red flags.
Ian Vlok – Identifying the patient who requires emergency spine surgery or care. What can be done without advanced imaging and advanced spine-specific surgical facilities?
Margareta Nordin – Advanced management of yellow flags. Community-based education programs to prevent disability.
Session 4: Tertiary Spine Care in underserved communities
Scott Haldeman – Defining tertiary spine care. Classes of spine care requiring tertiary care.
Marek Szpalski – Spinal surgery; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Robert Gunzburg – Degenerative spinal conditions when are they surgical?
Max Aebi – Adult degenerative scoliosis: the extent of surgery – does it correspond to the extent of deformity? And how to handle failures.
Tiro Mmopelwa – Acute Spinal Cord injury, assessment/treatment.
Anthony Chiodo – Long-term health maintenance for the spinal cord injury person.
Inka Löfvenmark – Mobility concerns for the chronically disabled person due to a spinal disorder.
Day 2
Marek Szpalski – Surgery in Lumbar Disc Herniation: Selection of patients, indications, and techniques
Geoff Outerbridge, Adam Wilkey, Stefan Eberspaecher – Care/Treatment of the Chronic Low Back Pain Patient (from a Small Clinic Perspective)
Kobamelo Sekakela, Inka Löfvenmark – The Spinalis Botswana SCI-rehabilitation Centre
Willem Boshoff – What is the Intent of Spinal Manipulation and What is the Biomechanical Effect
Katarzyna Trok – Management of neurogenic bladder (bowel) and pressure ulcers
Chris Colloca – Scientific Base for Chiropractic Treatments
Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski – Spinal Stenosis: Ethiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Stefan Eberspaecher – Future plans to expand spine care in Botswana
Tiro Mmopelwa – Spinal Cord Injury Patient: Acute Presentation, ATLs, and Associated Injuries
Hildah Molate – Advanced Training in Primary Spine Care: A Personal Experience
Videos
A playlist of the available videos is below. You can view them on this page or click the video title to view it on YouTube.
