In Safe Hands? High performing teams in the operating theatre-improving outcomes, reducing errors
Sunday - Monday 22 - 23 April 2012
Venue: Radisson BLU Hotel, Frankland Lane, Durham, DH1 5TA
organised by the Royal Society of Medicine and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Aim of the symposium
This one day conference aims to:
- raise awareness of the current patient safety issues within the operating team
- identify the reasons why errors occur
- recognise how these errors can be reduced.
Who should attend?
Consultants and trainees from all surgical specialties (including obstetrics and gynaecology)
Consultant and trainee anaesthetists
Theatre nurses and advanced scrub practitioners
Hospital managers and medical directors
If you would like to book a room at the venue hotel, please click here:
www.radissonblu.co.uk/hotel-durham/offers/rsm
***RSM membership is hosting an informal drink reception post event to which all attendees of the conference are invited to. It will be a great opportunity to find out more about the RSM and ask any questions you may have about benefits of becoming a member of the society***
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £180
RSM Retired Fellow: £95
RSM Student: £60
RSM Trainee: £95
RSM Associate: £95
RSM Fellow: £125
Student: £75
Trainee: £110
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £110
Dinner: £45
Sunday 22 April |
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Dinner at the conference venue |
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7.30 pm |
Sir David Carter |
Meeting Day: Monday 23 April |
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9.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.30 am |
Welcome address |
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Professor Parveen Kumar, President RSM and Mr David Tolley, PRCSEd |
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Session One: Adverse events in surgical patients |
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| Chair: Dr Natasha Robinson President Patient Safety section, RSM |
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9.40 am |
Setting the scene - introductory video |
9.45 am |
Human error |
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Dr Nick Sevdalis Senior Lecturer Department of Surgery & Cancer Imperial College London |
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10.05 am |
Adverse events in the operating theatre |
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Professor George G Youngson CBE Emeritus Professor, Paediatric Surgery, University of Aberdeen Vice President ,Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
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10.25 am |
What goes wrong in your practice? |
| Audience Q&A | |
10.35 am |
Video (operating theatre), difficult case scenario |
| Discussion | |
11.00 am |
Coffee break |
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Session Two: Understanding why do things go wrong? |
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| Chair: John McLinden, Lay member, Patient Safety Board RCSEd and Mr Hamid T. Khawaja, Surgery Section, RSM | |
11.20 am |
Learning from high risk industries |
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Professor Rhona Flin School of Psychology University of Aberdeen |
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11.50 am |
Views from the outside |
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Mr Martin Bromiley Clinical Human Factors Group and Commercial Pilot |
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12.20 pm |
Discussion |
12.40 pm |
Lunch |
1.20 pm |
Afternoon Keynote Role of non-technical skills in improving performance |
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Dr Steve Yule Harvard University |
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Session Three: Improving team performance |
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| Chair: Mr Ian Hawthorne, Consultant Surgeon Durham |
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1.50 pm |
Human factors in the operating theatre: identification of the non-technical skills which underpin good performance |
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Dr Nikki Maran Consultant Anaesthetist Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
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2.20 pm |
Recognising the effects of stress and fatigue |
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Mr John L Duncan Consultant General Surgeon Raigmore Hospital Inverness |
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2.40 pm |
Bringing it all together- surgical check list, pre-op pause, etc. |
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Mr Simon Paterson-Brown Consultant General Surgeon Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
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3.00 pm |
Panel discussion |
| All session speakers | |
3.20 pm |
Coffee break |
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Session Four: The role of external agencies |
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3.40 pm |
Teaching and training - the role of the ISCP and SACs |
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Mr Ian Eardley Chair JCST |
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4.00 pm |
Protecting the patients |
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Mr Ian Christian Senior Partner Irwin Mitchell |
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4.30 pm |
Close of meeting and completion of evaluation forms |
5.30 pm |
Drinks reception hosted by the RSM |
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Meeting ref: REC03 CPD (Applied for) |
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