Advanced Orthopaedic Examination Skills Course
Category: Training - School of Surgery
Date: December 2nd 2011
Location: Clinical Skills Room (University of Bristol facility), Frenchay Hospital BS16 1LE
Course Lead – Professor Gordon Bannister
For Core T&O Trainees. Course is free, but limited to 12 places (please register). See attachment/below for further information.
Aim - Designed to revise basic examination skills and introduce special tests useful for fracture and elective clinics and on-call work.
Timetable
- 0830-0845 Registration
- 0845-0900 Introduction – Professor Bannister
- 1015-1045 Break
- 1045-1200 Elbow examination – Mr Crowther
- 1200-1230 Discussion/Troubleshooting
- 1230-1315 Lunch
- 1315-1430 Wrist examination – Mr Bhatia
- 1430-1500 Break
- 1500-1615 Hand examination – Mr Bhatia
- 1615-1645 Discussion/Troubleshooting
- 1645 Closing remarks
Individual joints/subspecialty areas
- Introduction and demonstration from Subspecialty Consultant
- Opportunities to practice with Medical Student models (2:1 Core Trainees to medical student)
- Chance for discussion with Subspecialist Consultants and troubleshooting
- Potential for Consultants to bring a patient(s) with interesting physical signs
- Senior SpRs circulating during the sessions for advice and tips
Mr Andrew Tasker (am only)
Mr Phil McCann
Each session to last approximately 1-1.5 hours with a short break (15 minutes) between sessions and a longer break for lunch (45 minutes to 1hour)
NB local Consultants would only have to be available for a couple of hours
Please contact School Manager Chad Elliott if you need directions to this event.
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