Upcoming Medical Conferences in Cardiff

Hot Topics GP Update Courses is organized by NB Medical Education and will be held on Oct 02, 2018 at All Nations Centre, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. This CME conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CPD credits. Course Description: ‘Hot Topics’ is the original and the UK’s most popular one day course to update GPs with the latest developments in the literature and to serve as a platform for CPD and help to deliver better patient care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cardiff Revision VIVA Course for FRCS Orth is organized by Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy (WIMAT) and will be held from Oct 15 - 16, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Higher Surgical Trainees appearing for their orthopaedic exit exams. Topics: • Orthopaedic surgical pathology • Trauma • Paediatric orthopaedics / Hands • Basic sciences Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Surgical Skills (Intercollegiate BSS) is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England and will be held from Oct 22 - 23, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Surgeons. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 CPD Points. Conference Description : BSS is widely viewed as a cornerstone course for all trainees taking up their first surgical position. Over two highly practical days, you will learn a range of essential basic surgical skills and techniques within a controlled workshop environment. You will participate in a variety of practical training sessions during the BSS course, including: • Gowning, gloving, laying safe surgical knots and local anaesthetic management • Tissue handling practice (including for infected and contaminated tissues), along with the requirements for differing tissue sites, such as skin, bowel or vessels • Electrosurgery device usage • Manipulation of endoscopic instruments in a 3D surgical environment while viewing a remote 2D image • Visuospatial awareness, management of depth cueing and control of the ‘fulcrum effect’ during endoscopic surgery Learning Outcomes : • Demonstrate safe operating techniques • Use a variety of surgical knots safely and effectively • Confidently handle and use surgical instruments • Handle tissues confidently with due regard to their unique properties • Use endoscopic instruments in a practical and safe way • Discuss the practical, safe use of electrosurgery Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Future Surgeons: Key Skills is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and will be held on Oct 27, 2018 at Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Senior Medical Students and Foundation Doctors. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CPD Points. Conference Overview : This one-day course was designed to address the lack of structured basic surgical skills training courses for medical students intending to follow a career in surgery. It aims to introduce participants to safe basic surgical techniques that are common to all surgical practices. This is a practical course with a high tutor to participant ratio. It is delivered using a series of tutor demonstrations and hands-on sessions where participants work on animal tissue. Tuition and supervision is provided throughout by expert surgeons. Aimed at Medical Students and FY1's. Aims & Objectives This one-day course was designed to address a lack of structured basic surgical skills training courses for medical students intending to follow a career in surgery. It aims to introduce participants to safe basic surgical techniques that are common to all surgical practices. Learning Outcomes On completion of the course, participants should be able to: • Demonstrate safe practice when gowning and gloving. • Handle commonly used surgical instruments in a safe and effective manner. • Create secure 'Reef' and 'Surgeons' knots. • Pick up and safely drive a needle through tissue with accurate bite placement. • Perform an interrupted suture to close a wound. • Demonstrate the steps for excising a skin lesion under local anaesthesia. • Excise a sebaceous cyst. • Drain a superficial abscess. • Perform the steps to debride a traumatic wound. • Perform basic techniques used for endoscopy. • Explain the principles of using safe diathermy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Future Surgeons: Key Skills is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and will be held on Oct 28, 2018 at Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Senior Medical Students and Foundation Doctors. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CPD Points. Conference Overview : This one-day course was designed to address the lack of structured basic surgical skills training courses for medical students intending to follow a career in surgery. It aims to introduce participants to safe basic surgical techniques that are common to all surgical practices. This is a practical course with a high tutor to participant ratio. It is delivered using a series of tutor demonstrations and hands-on sessions where participants work on animal tissue. Tuition and supervision is provided throughout by expert surgeons. Aimed at Medical Students and FY1's. Aims & Objectives This one-day course was designed to address a lack of structured basic surgical skills training courses for medical students intending to follow a career in surgery. It aims to introduce participants to safe basic surgical techniques that are common to all surgical practices. Learning Outcomes On completion of the course, participants should be able to: • Demonstrate safe practice when gowning and gloving. • Handle commonly used surgical instruments in a safe and effective manner. • Create secure 'Reef' and 'Surgeons' knots. • Pick up and safely drive a needle through tissue with accurate bite placement. • Perform an interrupted suture to close a wound. • Demonstrate the steps for excising a skin lesion under local anaesthesia. • Excise a sebaceous cyst. • Drain a superficial abscess. • Perform the steps to debride a traumatic wound. • Perform basic techniques used for endoscopy. • Explain the principles of using safe diathermy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Practical Skills in Obstetrics and Gynaecology is organized by Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and will be held from Nov 12 - 13, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is ST1 – ST3, Foundation Years 1-2 with an interest in obstetrics and gynaecology. Course Description: The RCOG Basic Practical Skills course (BPS) is designed to introduce trainees to safe surgical techniques and obstetric clinical skills, in a structured workshop environment. The course is standardised to ensure common objectives, content structure and assessment methods are followed and can be linked to the RCOG Training Portfolio and OSATS. Redesigned in 2014, the new two-day format enables trainees to focus on hands-on skills whilst in the classroom, by introducing pre-course eLearning materials including videos and assessments. The course also looks at the increasingly important topic of human factors and enhanced recovery principles, complementing the new RCOG curriculum. The course is intended for trainees ST1-2 and is a mandatory requirement for entry into ST3. Course Objectives: By attending this course, the trainee is able to: • Spend more time practicing basic operative obstetric and gynaecological skills • Learn about new topics such as Human Factors and Enhanced Recovery pathways • Sign off elements in the RCOG Training Portfolio Logbook and OSATS • Complete the mandatory requirements into ST3 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England and will be held during Nov 15 - 16, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is CT1-2 and SAS grades. Senior trainees are also welcome to attend a CCrISP course if they have not done so before. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 CPD Points. Conference Description : CCrlSP is an interactive course that explores the skills and knowledge needed to look after surgical patients including those who are deteriorating or at risk of doing so. Expert faculty will help you develop practical, theoretical and personal skills so that you can assess and manage critical situations in a systematic way. This course is relevant to all specialities, however, in-course examples are predominantly taken from general surgical patients. You will participate in a variety of practical training sessions during the CCrISP course, including: • Learning a system of assessment for the critically ill • Understanding the subtlety and variety of critical illness presentation, alongside ways to improve its detection • Understanding the importance of avoiding complications if possible • Recognising the surgeon’s role in delivering multidisciplinary care to surgical patients • Interacting with nursing staff, other surgeons, intensivists, and anaesthetists • Delivering the information and support that patients and their relatives require during surgical care Conference Objectives are : • Adopt a structured, comprehensive approach to managing surgical patients • Judge which patients are at most risk and plan to reduce their risk of adverse outcomes • Recognise the deteriorating patient • Model your non-operative technical skills in a safe environment Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Surgical Skills (Intercollegiate BSS) is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England and will be held from Nov 26 - 27, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Surgeons. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 CPD Points. Conference Description : BSS is widely viewed as a cornerstone course for all trainees taking up their first surgical position. Over two highly practical days, you will learn a range of essential basic surgical skills and techniques within a controlled workshop environment. You will participate in a variety of practical training sessions during the BSS course, including: • Gowning, gloving, laying safe surgical knots and local anaesthetic management • Tissue handling practice (including for infected and contaminated tissues), along with the requirements for differing tissue sites, such as skin, bowel or vessels • Electrosurgery device usage • Manipulation of endoscopic instruments in a 3D surgical environment while viewing a remote 2D image • Visuospatial awareness, management of depth cueing and control of the ‘fulcrum effect’ during endoscopic surgery Learning Outcomes : • Demonstrate safe operating techniques • Use a variety of surgical knots safely and effectively • Confidently handle and use surgical instruments • Handle tissues confidently with due regard to their unique properties • Use endoscopic instruments in a practical and safe way • Discuss the practical, safe use of electrosurgery Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Clinical Skills in Emergency Surgery is organized by The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) of England and will be held during Dec 04 - 06, 2018 at WIMAT (The Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is CT1-2 and ST3. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18.00 CPD Points. Conference Description : This three-day course allows surgical trainees who have completed basic surgical training to expand their skillset. You will take part in a wide range of practical sessions to learn more advanced surgical techniques, focusing on the essential skills needed in emergency circumstances. You will cover a variety of topics during this course, including : • Review of knot tying • Abdominal closure and principles of suturing • Bowel anastomosis, including size discrepancies, open access and use of clamps • Moderately difficult access - anterior/submucosal • Formation of stomas - double barrelled and end • Side to side and transverse anastomosis using stapling • Vascular – instruments review, mobilisation and control, plus control of bleeds (permanent and until help arrives) • Assessment: bowel anastomosis • Principles and safe use of energy sources • Laparoscopic: appendix simulations skills practice • How to manage an ulcer perforation Conference Objectives are : • Demonstrate sound practice in bowel anastomosis in a variety of techniques • Carry out a difficult access sutured anastomosis, to include anterior and submucosal • Form a variety of viable stomas, taking into consideration incision and possible complications • Carry out side-to-side and transverse stapling anastomosis • Carry out emergency arterial closure and vein patching • Carry out a hand-sewn end-to-end anastomosis • Discuss the use of energy sources and demonstrate their safe use • Carry out a laparoscopic appendectomy with due regard to surrounding tissue • Practice the repair of a femoral hernia on porcine model Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.