St Thomas’ Cadaveric Hand Trauma Course13th & 14th September 2012

• Two days Course• fresh frozen cadavers.• For CT1-ST4 in Plastic surgery and Orthopaedic surgery• This course is accredited by Royal College of Surgeons of• England with 10 CPD.

Faculty

• Miss Catina Bernardis, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr. Jamil Ahmed, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr. Matt James, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr Peter Russell , Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby• Mr. Sam Gidwani, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr. Manu Sood, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford• Ms. Philippa Rust, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary• Mr. Ricardo Tejero-Trujeque, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr. Syed Mashhadi, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital• Mr Amir Tadros, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Hospital

Our Hand trauma course is a highlyinteractive hands on course that isstructured to meet the training needs of the surgeons in training for plastic and orthopaedic surgery. Participants will learn the surgical techniques in dealing with hand trauma, with the emphasis on soft tissue injuries, including tendon and soft tissue reconstruction of hand with local and distant flaps, bone fracture fixation. The course format includes practical skills training using fresh frozen cadavers. The specimens are well preserved and closely simulatethe clinical situation.

Timetable for Hand Course September 2012

Thursday 13th September

08.30 - 09.00 Registration & Coffee09.00 - 09.30 Extensor tendon09.30 - 10.00 Flexor tendon10.00 - 10.30 Local flaps part – 110.30 - 11.00 Coffee break11.00 - 12.30 Cadaveric workshop – tendon repair and local flaps part – 112.30 - 13.15 Lunch13.15 - 13.45 Nerve and vessel repair13.45 - 14.15 Hand infection14.15 - 14.45 Local flaps part – 214.45 - 15.00 Coffee break15.00 - 17.30 Cadaveric workshop local flaps part – 2

Friday 14th September

08.00 - 08.30 Coffee08.30 - 09.00 Compartment syndrome and mangled hand09.00 - 09.30 Metacarpal fractures09.30 - 10.00 Phalangeal fractures10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break10.30 - 12.30 Cadaveric fracture workshop part – 112.30 - 13.15 Lunch13.15 - 13.45 MCPJ and PIPJ dislocation13.45 - 14.15 Hand fractures in children14.15 - 16.30 Cadaveric fracture workshop part - 2

Venue

Gordon Museum, Hodgkin HouseGuy's Campus, GTK, St. Thomas' StreetLondon, SE1 9RT

Course DirectorsMr. Jamil Ahmed Email : Jamil.ahmed@gstt.nhs.uk Mr. Sam Gidwani Email : Sam.Gidwani@gstt.nhs.uk

Course SecretaryMs. Elizabeth GraceEmail : Elizabeth.Grace@gstt.nhs.uk

Course fees: £600

There are limited places on this popular course. Please contact course secretary to book a place, for further details check our course website : http://www.wix.com/handcourses/1