This episode of Surgery 101 is the 2nd in a 3-part series about global surgery, and is brought to you by Betty Yibrehu, a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. By the end of this podcast you should be able to:

• Understand what a National Surgical Obstetric and Anesthesia Plan (NSOAP) is.
• Describe the process of developing a NSOAP.
• Understand the importance of data collection in global surgery.
• Define capacity building and its role in global surgery.