ASiT x TriPS Core Skills in Paediatric Surgery
This Paediatric Surgery course aims to provide candidates with an insight into the speciality and the basic knowledge of common paediatric surgical pathologies. It will also include practical workshops and provide information on the speciality training national recruitment process. The course is suitable for candidates who would like to pursue or are considering Paediatric Surgery as a career and also those who deal with paediatric patients as part of their adult General Surgery practice.
Delegate Numbers – 20
Grade – Medical students to CT2
Summary of course
08:30 Registration and welcome
08:40 Introduction – What is Paediatric Surgery?
09:00 Life as a Paediatric Surgeon and how to get there
10:00 Break
10:10 The common and the weird… conditions treated by Paediatric Surgeons
11:10 Introduction to practical workshops
11:30 First practical workshop
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Practical workshops x 4
16:00 Q&A and closing
Practical workshops: 45 mins each
- Strip rectal biopsy
- Small bowel anastomosis
- US-guided vascular access
- TOF/OA repair
- Scrotal exploration
Room: Charter 3 (ii)