Empowering Tomorrow's Surgeons
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Saturday 8th March

08:00 start

08:00 - 09:00
ICC Belfast
Registration

08:00 - 17:00

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10:10 start

10:10 - 11:15
Hall 2A
STARSurg Medical Student Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Viraj Shah, Dr Edward Staniforth

10:10 - 11:15
Studio
Taking an FY3

Chairs: Miss Aqua Asif

10:10 - 16:55
Hall 2B
Specialty Village
10:10 - 16:45
Level 2 Concourse
Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)
10:10 - 11:15
Meeting Room 1A
BJS Systematic Review Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Matt Lee, Mr George Karagiannidis

12:00 - 16:55
Meeting room 2A, Meeting Room 2B
Escape Room (Scrub Games)

Chairs: Zobia Gundkalli, Estelle Martin, Nienke Warnaar

11:00 start

11:00 - 11:40

BOTA Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

11:40 - 12:20

Roux Group Journal Club

12:20 - 13:00

BSoT Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

11:00 - 12:15
Hall 1B
Surgical Specialty Battle

11:30 start

11:30 - 13:00
Meeting Room 1A
RCSEd How to fail in surgery (and thrive as a surgeon)

Chairs: Mr Majid Rashid, Mr David Alderson, Ms Katie Hurst

11:50 - 12:55
Boardroom 1
ASGBI Short Paper Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Miss Kellie Bateman, Mr Richard Mak

12:30 - 13:00
Hall 2A
Medical Student Elective and Essay Prize Presentation Session

Chairs: Mr Viraj Shah

12:45 - 13:45
Hall 1B
Lunch

13:45 start

14:30 - 14:35

Q&A

Tregonwell

13:45 - 14:45
Meeting Room 1A
RCSEd - Don't Call it a Comeback: Returning to clinical work after OOPE/parental leave

Chairs: Ms Alex Haddon, Mr Majid Rashid, Ms Katie Hurst

13:45 - 14:45
Hall 2A
RCS England Women in Surgery (WinS) session

Chairs: Miss Felicity Meyer, Ms Emily Mills

13:45 - 14:45
Meeting Room 1B
NI Trainees Session - Mr Jim Ballard, Miss Claire Jones, Mr Paul Blair

Chairs: Mr Martin King, Ms Nahid Shamandi

13:45 - 14:09

ALSGBI Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

14:10 - 14:34

BASO Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

13:45 - 14:14

AOT Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

14:15 - 14:44

BAPS Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

13:45 - 14:25

Dukes Journal Club

14:25 - 15:05

Rouleaux Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

15:05 - 15:45

BNTA Journal Club

16:00 - 16:40

Mammary Fold Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

13:45 - 14:45
Boardroom 1
Innovation Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Matthew Harris, Mr Kenneth McLean

14:45 start

14:45 - 15:55
Meeting Room 1A
Getting into MedTech

15:55 start

15:55 - 16:55
Meeting Room 1A
RCSEng- Sexual Harassment in Surgery

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15:55 - 16:55
Hall 1B
Meet your Quad Team

15:55 - 16:55

ASiT Robotics Oral Prize Session

Meeting Room 1B

19:00 - 00:00
Belfast Crumlin Gaol
ASiT Gala Dinner (Black Tie)