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Basic Surgical Skills (Edinburgh)
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Edinburgh, UKBasic Surgical Skills (Edinburgh) is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and will be held during Dec 10 - 11, 2018 at Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
The target audience for this medical event is FY1 (6 months in a surgical training post is a pre-requisite), FY2, ST1/CT1 & ST2/CT2 and SCP's. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 CPD Points.
Conference Description :
This two-day course, aimed at FY1 and above, is designed to instill core surgical skills at the very start of a surgeon's training by teaching the correct basic techniques. These courses are run from our Surgical Skills Centre in Edinburgh eight times per year, and also from centers in Dundee, Nottingham and overseas. The faculty is always drawn from a specially selected group of surgeons, each with a wide range of knowledge and experience in teaching.
Conference Objectives are :
• Explain the principles of good practice in theatre etiquette, knot tying, suturing, haemostasis, anastomosis, surgical diathermy and ergonomics for endoscopic surgery.
• Describe correct handling and use of surgical instruments.
• Demonstrate an appropriate procedure for 'gowning' and 'gloving' in accordance with recommended standards of practice.
• Tie a variety of reliable knots, including surgical reef knots and the Aberdeen knot and tying at depth.
• Suture a variety of tissues, including skin, bowel, vascular tissue and tendons effectively.
• Perform abscess drainage and contaminated wound debridement in accordance with the basic principles of wound management.
• Demonstrate basic techniques for the small bowel, vascular and tendon anastomoses.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic diathermic technique.
• Demonstrate effective management of ergonomic tissue commonly encountered with endoscopic surgery.
USD
2018-09-03
Group registrations not allowed
Accompanying persons not allowed
We don’t accept Online Abstracts
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Nicolson Street
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Submission Info
Contact No.: 0131 527 1600
Email: education@rcsed.ac.uk
Contact No.: 0131 527 1600
Email: education@rcsed.ac.uk