Minor surgery course

Wednesday - Thursday 6 - 7 October 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

The same course will be run on 8-9 September 2010 too.

The aim of the 2 day course is to instruct General Practitioners and other primary care clinicians, in the skills needed to perform minor skin surgery on their local population. Studies have shown that patients much prefer having these procedures done by a familiar doctor in their own practice.

The course is highly interactive and due to the high tutor to delegate ratio, we are able to cater to all skill levels. The absolute novice will be given a thorough introduction to this skillset and form an opinion as to whether they wish to pursue minor surgery further in their practice, and the experienced primary care skin surgeon will perhaps use this as an opportunity for some expert mentorship and an opportunity to keep their knowledge and skills up to date.

The course covers all the minor skin procedures, joint injections and non surgical techniques covered by the GMS contract for primary care minor surgery. Our lifelike, custom made and exclusive latex models, mean that we can safely tutor people on the properties, handling and closure of skin.

The course concludes on highly interactive training on the management of the pigmented lesion, which has been shown to improve melanoma detection rates in primary care.

At the end of the course, delegates should be able to take home some practical skills, be aware of their medicolegal and contractual obligations and be able to apply up to date evidence based practice in the detection and management of common skin conditions. Most importantly delegates will gain skills to keep this important set of procedures closer to home for the patients.

Faculty include:
- Dr Michael Smith MRCS (Eng), MRCGP
- Mr Mike Whitehouse BSc MRCS (Eng)
- Mr Dan Marsh BSc, MRCS (Eng)
- Dr Edward Teesdale MRCS (Eng), MRCGP

This course is now fully booked.

Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £485
RSM Fellow: £455

CPD: 10 credits

Day 1
8.45 am	Registration and coffee
9.15 am	Welcome address
	Dr Michael Smith
9.20 am	Pre-course MCQ
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
9.35 am	Location, location, location
	Dr Michael Smith
9.45 am	Your equipment and how to use it
	Dr Edward Teesdale
10.00 am	Needles and sutures
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
10.10 am	Planning your procedure
	Dr Michael Smith
10.20 am	Marking the ellipse
	Mr Dan Marsh
10.35 am	Be prepared - anticipating problems
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
10.45 am	Skin deep
	Mr Dan Marsh
10.55 am	Questions - open floor
11.00 am	Coffee break
11.15 am	Comfortably numb
	Dr Michael Smith
11.35 am	Excising an ellipse
	Mr Dan Marsh
11.45 am	Removal of foreign body
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
12.00 pm	Tying the knot
	Mr Dan Marsh
12.15 pm	Some nuggets of information
	Dr Edward Teesdale
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Deep dermal sutures
	Mr Dan Marsh
2.00 pm	Vertical mattress suture
	Dr Edward Teesdale
2.15 pm	Horizontal mattress suture
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
2.30 pm	Epidermal cysts excision
	Dr Michael Smith
2.55 pm	Questions - open floor
3.00 pm	Tea break
3.15 pm	The small matter of the contract
	Dr Michael Smith
3.45 pm	Excision of lipomata
	Mr Dan Marsh
4.15 pm	Q&A session and close of meeting
Day 2
9.00 am	Registration and coffee
9.20 am	The principles of joint injection
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
Four workshops running concurrently
9.30 am	Workshop A
	1) The shoulder - Mr Mike Whitehouse
10.15 am	Workshop B
	2) Cryosurgery - Dr Michael Smith
11.00 am	Coffee break
11.15 am	Workshop C
	3) The elbow, hand and wrist - Dr Edward Teesdale
12.00 pm	Workshop D
	4) 'Beautiful wounds' - Mr Dan Marsh
12.45 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Abscesses and pus
	Dr Edward Teesdale
1.50 pm	Ingrown toenail technique
	Mr Mike Whitehouse
2.10 pm	Haemostasis and electrosurgery
	Dr Michael Smith
2.35 pm	Snip/shave/curette
	Dr Edward Teesdale
2.55 pm	Punch biopsy
	Dr Michael Smith
3.15 pm	The pigmented lesion
	Mr Dan Marsh
3.45 pm	Final comments, feedback and close

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