Boot Camp 2024

Simulation Enhanced Learning Course for Paediatric Surgical Trainees aka Bootcamp

Dates:

Wednesday 25th am for the virtual session
Saturday 28th all day for the face to face session

Location:

Clinical Practice Centre Chelsea & Westminster NHS foundation Trust
369 Fulham Road, Chelsea. London, SW10 9AH

Course Objectives:

· This course is aimed at providing entry level Higher Paediatric Surgical trainees ST3 or those trainees returning after an extended leave of absence eg maternity or research, with an introduction/ revision of key skills and topics required for higher paediatric surgical training program in the UK and NI.

Topics Covered:

· ISCP, ARCPs and the new curriculum

· Running a ward round effectively / Learning how to prioritise / learning how to handle referrals

· How to give an effective Rectal washout

· How to do a suction rectal biopsy

· Basic surgical skills eg bowel anastomosis & stoma formation

· Managing the acute neonate from taking referral to booking case including transfer and liaising with consultant on call

· Gastrostomy & jejunostomy tube management : tips and tricks

· X-ray interpretation eg. NEC perforation , Upper GI contrast for Malrotation

· Management of acute scrotum from referral to surgery

· Management of intussusception reduction

· Suprapubic catheters

· Schwarz round

· Management of the patient with ingested foreign body

Plus high faculty to candidate ratio with plenty of opportunity to talk through problems and difficult scenarios and gather tips and tricks.