Upper Limb Trauma Course

Category: Training - Core Surgery

Date: July 14th 2016 until July 15th 2016

Location: Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy, Southwell Street, Bristol BS2 8EJ

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For Core T&O trainees. OF NOTE: NOW OPEN TO ST3/ST4 T&O TRAINEES

 

Overview

This is a cadaveric course with a large practical component. There will be a course dinner in Bristol on the Thursday evening.

 

Convenor

Mr. Mark Crowther

 

Programme

Thursday, 14th July, 2016

1300 Registration

1320 Welcome and Deltopectoral approach to the shoulder

1345 Cadaveric dissection: Deltopectoral approach (4 groups of 3 delegates)

1430 Sawbones practical: Proximal humeral plates

1515 Tea and Coffee

1545 Approach to the distal radius and wrist

1600 Cadaveric dissection: Approaches to radius/wrist (4 groups of 3 delegates)

1700 Close


Friday, 15th July, 2016

0900 Initial management of the dislocated shoulder

0920 Decision making in treatment of wrist fractures

0945 Sawbones practical: Distal radial plates

1030 Tea and Coffee

1050 Case discussions: Forearm and wrist

1130 Overview of scaphoid fractures & carpal injuries

1215 Approaches to the Elbow

1300 Cadaveric dissection: Approaches to the elbow (4 groups of 3 delegates)

1345 Lunch

1430 Case discussions: Proximal humerus/shoulder

1500 Sawbones practical: Fixation of the olecranon

1545 Case discussions: Distal humerus and elbow

1625 Paediatric elbow injuries

1700 Final questions, feedback and close

 

Registration/Additional Information

For additional information/registration, please contact Tom Murphy at thomas.murphy1@nhs.net  Course is capped at 12, so act soon!