Clinical Digital Photography for Surgeons, Doctors and Dentists

Date: 15 October 2010	Fee: £195
Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of England	Status: Places available
Contact: education@rcseng.ac.uk or call: 020 7869 6300	Application Form

Following the successful Clinical Photography course for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, this course is extended to a larger audience. Clinical photographs are an extremely useful part of the clinical record in many areas of surgery and medicine. The ability to take, process and archive digital photographs is essential when hospital medical illustration departments may be unavailable or non-existent. This practical and lecture based course provides clinicians with the skills to produce accurate, high-quality digital photographs. Faculty includes members of Calumet Photographic and Canon staff, experts in clinical digital photography, medico-legal issues and photographic technique.

Convenor

Mr Steve Langton
Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, East Lancashire Hospitals
OMFS Tutor at The Royal College of Surgeons of England (supported by Medartis Ltd)

Level

All surgeons, doctors and dentists who would like to improve their knowledge and skills in digital clinical photography.

Content

By the end of the course the participant will be able to:

• Understand the benefits of an accurate clinical photographic record
• Choose appropriate photographic equipment
• Understand and use basic techniques for clinical photography including composition and lighting 
• Understand and use fundamental techniques for archiving, storing, labelling and retrieving digital photographs
• Use essential techniques for processing images in Adobe Photoshop® and Lightroom®
• Understand the main legal issues when taking and storing clinical digital photographs
  

Format

• Formal lectures
• Practical sessions with cameras and computers