Advancing paediatric surgery through education and research

COMMON ELECTIVE AND ACUTE PROBLEMS IN THE GENERAL SURGERY OF CHILDHOOD

22 Feb

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

To be held at St Edmund Hall

Oxford, 22nd February 2018

A Royal College of Surgeons of England Accredited Course

Aims

Provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to establish and maintain a high quality and safe practice as a District General Hospital surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in the general surgery of children. Provide a useful update for surgeons with an established practice.

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Programme

8.30

Registration

9.00

Introduction, aims Will Sherwood, London

9.15

Setting up and developing a paediatric surgery practice Andrew Gordon, Slough

9.30

Communication with children Su Laurent, London

10.00

The elective out-patient clinic 1 Will Sherwood, London

11.00

Coffee

11.30

Anaesthesia, fluids and pain Su Davies, Slough

12.00

The elective out-patient clinic 2 Ian Willetts, Oxford

13.00

Lunch

13.45

Non-elective conditions Kokila Lakhoo, Oxford

15.00

Networks Richard Stewart, Nottingham

15.30

Tea

16.00

Medico-lgeal issues and consent Hugh Grant, Oxford

16.45

Summary Kokila Lakhoo, Oxford

Other topics

  • The emphasis is on conditions seen in District General and Rural Hospital Practice Case-based discussion and lectures
  • Introduction to networks in General Paediatric Surgery
  • The role of BAPS
  • Discussion of specific operative techniques

Who should attend?

  • Consultants and Higher Trainees in General Surgery
  • Consultants and Higher Trainees in Urology

Cost

Consultants – £190

Trainees – £170
*BAPS trainee members will receive a £10 discount

There will be a dinner following the course.