Plastic Surgery Skills Course

Quality Improvement and Innovation Centre (QIIC), HUB Room, Ulster Hospital Dundanold Headquarters, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT16 1RH

 

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Aimed at Core Surgical Trainees/Foundation Doctors

Programme

08:00 – 08:30 Registration, welcome and faculty introduction
08:30 – 09:30 Suturing Techniques
09:30 – 11:00 Local Flap Design & Execution
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 Tendon Repair Basics
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 – 14:30 Skin Grafting Techniques
14:30 – 16:00 Wound Debridement + VAC/PICCO
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 16:45 Course debrief & closing remarks

Animal Tissue Simulation Material

Practical Stations:

1. Suturing Techniques
   Skills Practised: Simple interrupted, vertical and horizontal mattress, subcuticular, and deep dermal        sutures.
   Materials: Synthetic suture pads or animal tissues.
   Objective: Enhance precision and technique in wound closure.
   
   
2. Local Flap Design & Execution
   Techniques Covered: Advancement, rotation, transposition, and Z-plasty.
   Materials: Porcine skin/ox tongue to simulate human skin layers.
   Objective: Teach planning and execution of flaps for various defect shapes and sizes.
   
   
3. Tendon Repair Basics
   Focus: Introduction to flexor and extensor tendon repair techniques.
   Materials: Chicken feet or synthetic tendon models.
   Objective: Understand tendon anatomy and practice repair methods.
   
   
4. Skin Grafting Techniques
   Procedures: Harvesting split-thickness grafts and securing them onto the recipient sites.
   Materials: Pig skin for both donor and recipient simulation.
   Objective: Demonstrate graft preparation and application methods.
   
   
5. Wound Debridement and Closure + VAC/PICCO
   Activities: Simulate debridement of contaminated wounds and practice closure techniques.
   Materials: Animal tissue with simulated necrotic areas.
   Objective: Teach principles of wound management and closure strategies.

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