GVC Mentor Survey

The Global Vascular Companionship aims to facilitate the training of surgeons to provide essential vascular surgery in underserved areas. It is a framework through which interested vascular units world wide are connected with aspiring individual surgeons or units who would like to develop a vascular service. The program will match and connect aspiring units with established ones, and will provide practical examples of how the companionship might best work.

The overall vision for the program is to see every country with a population of greater than 100,000, and every tertiary hospital caring for more than 5 million people (without a functioning referral pathway to a centre that has vascular surgery), having access to at least one surgeon trained to provide essential vascular surgery.

The below survey aims to capture information about your hospital, as well as your interest in participating in the program.

Global Vascular Companionship Program Mentor Survey

Do you have any existing companionships or partnerships with surgeons and/or institutions in low- and middle-income countries?

Do you have any previous experience working in low- and middle-income countries?

Are you a vascular surgeon practicing in an established vascular unit and would like to participate in Global Vascular Companionship?

In what way would you participate in the Global Vascular Companionship?

If selected as a mentor, would you have capacity to travel to the country of your mentee to provide in-person training for a short mission of one to two weeks within the next two years?

Would you have access to funds or grants to support this trip?

Do you have any capacity for a post fellowship training position at your institution for your mentee?

Is your hospital affiliated with a university?

Which of the following vascular surgeries are performed at your hospital? (tick all that apply)

Do you offer haemodialysis?

Do you have high-risk foot service?

Do you have access to any of the following professionals? (tick all that apply)

Do you have any experience working in low- and middle-income countries?

Does your unit currently offer, or is it considering offering, a training post (vascular surgery resident/registrar) on an established pathway to becoming a vascular surgeon in your country?

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