Upcoming events
Portsmouth Robotic Upper GI Course (6-7 June 2024)
Overview: This two-day interactive course is aimed at senior trainees and consultants with an interest in being, bariatric and/or oncological Upper GI surgery. The course is hosted at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth and involves hands-on cadaveric operating, simulation and ex-vivo training, and live operating. Each morning features a brief lecture series focusing on the evidence for robotic surgery in Upper GI and how to set up and maintain a successful robotic programme.
The aim of the course is to gain a better understanding of the application of robotics in Upper GI surgery and get plenty of hands-on experience, through cadaveric work as well as simulators and ex-vivo practice. The course features a high faculty to delegate ratio to optimise training and is designed to initiate and prepare those surgeons wishing to embark on a robotic programme. A delegate dinner is included in the price:
Course fee: £1500
Booking: Please email gijs.vanboxel@googlemail.com for information.
AUCA - Advanced Urinary Catheterisation Academy (12 April 2024 & 14 June 2024)
Overview: For doctors and nurses who are already familiar with standard urethral catheterisation but wish to enhance and expand their ability to handle difficult male urethral catheterisation cases with confidence.
The 4 hour hands-on training session provides 1:1 instruction with expert trainers and repeated practice on a dummy to become confident in advanced catheterisation techniques.
Aims:
1. Understand the aim of a safe male urethral catheterisation algorithm
2. Recognise when standard Foley catheter placement should be abandoned
3. Practice second-line catheterisation techniques on dummy
4. Identify patients who require Urology specialist input
Healthcare professionals enrolling for this course are already familiar with standard urethral catheterisation.
Date: 12 April 2024 (8.30am and 1.30pm) & 14 June 2024 (8.30am)
Location: The UCH Education Centre, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2PG
Fees: £299
Website: https://auca.arlo.co
Newcastle STC - Robotic HPB Cadaveric Dissection Course (1-2 July 2024)
Overview: This is a two-day course is aimed at ST5 - ST8 and HPB Consultants. The course combines didactic teaching and practical procedures with leading edge technology. Delegates have full access to the da Vinci Robot with hands on procedures on fresh frozen cadavers and full access to the clinical lectures.
Aims:
- Become familiar with the function and operation of the da Vinci Surgical System.
- Appreciate the ergonomics of the da Vinci Surgical system robot and the available robotic instrumentation.
- Understand the selection process for patient position, da Vinci surgical team position and robotic surgical approaches.
- Learn robotic tissue dissection techniques using monopolar energy
Date: 1-2 July, 2024
Location: Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Freeman Hospital
Contact: kamrun.nahar4@nhs.net
Website: https://nstcsurg.org/
Newcastle STC - Robotic TORS Cadaveric Dissection Course (3-4 July 2024)
Overview: This is a two-day course is aimed at ST5 - ST8 trainees and Consultants. The course covers Trans-oral Robotic Surgery (TORS), which is a minimally invasive, robotic surgery technique that removes benign and malignant tumors of the mouth and throat.
Aims:
- Become familiar with the function and operation of the da Vici Surgical system
- Appreciate the ergonomics of the da Vinci Surgical system robot and the available robotic instrumentation
- Perform the standard primary TORS procedure on cadaveric simulation
- Understand the relevant TORS anatomy
- Define the role of TORS in current day head and neck cancer patients
- Understand the benefits and rationale of offering a transoral resection service
- Gain and insight into the pathological assessment of trasnsoral resections
- Understand the adjuvant treatment and schedule following transoral surgery
Date: 3-4 July, 2024
Location: Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Freeman Hospital
Contact: kamrun.nahar4@nhs.net
Website: https://nstcsurg.org/
Orthopaedic Evaluation of X-Rays Course (various dates)
Overview: This course provides the basic knowledge on x-ray interpretation from an orthopaedic point of view to avoid missed diagnosis. It goes over commonly missed symptoms and signs and teaches how to avoid as well as provide schemes for different radiographs interpretations.
Dates and location:
1 July 2024 - Doctors Academy International Education and Training Centre, Cardiff (£95). Book here
12 July 2024 - Education Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester (£65). Book here
19 July 2024 - Gordon Museum of Pathology, London (£150). Book here
31 July 2024 - Education Centre, Morriston Hospital, Swansea (£60). Book here
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