‘Paeds in one day’ FRCS (Tr & Orth) revision course | 6 April 2024
Overview
Attend this 1 day virtual course to learn all you need to know for the paediatric orthopaedic section of the exam.
This virtual course will be recorded, you will have access to the recording for 20 weeks post course, after which time access will be removed.
Paediatric orthopaedics is traditionally a feared part of the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam, filled as it with complexity and controversy. Many candidates have not had much personal experience in paediatrics, yet are still expected to be able to discuss the core knowledge in detail. But with so many other subspecialties to master, how do you prepare for it, when your time to revise is limited?
Attend this 1 day virtual course to learn all you need to know for the paediatric orthopaedic section of the exam. This course aims to give you the knowledge you need to tackle paediatric cases with confidence. With alternating sessions on core knowledge and interactive discussion, key features include:
- Pre-course series of short podcasts discussing exam technique in paediatrics, hot topics, common misconceptions and traps, and how to negotiate controversies and stay out of trouble.
- Spotter sessions, MCQs to test your understanding
- Exam top tips, buzz words, and principles clinicians use which are “not in the books”
- Up to date and evidence-based, with reference to key publications
- Voluntary hot seat viva practice, concluding with the “gold standard” model answer
- Post-course material including the relevant NICE/national guidelines, and one recent quality review paper per major topic
The “Paeds in one day” ORUK intensive online course is an innovative approach to exam revision, which has been introduced to significantly enhance FRCS (Tr & Orth) candidates pass rates, based on our wide experience delivering popular revision courses in Paediatric Orthopaedics for over a decade, and our proven record of outstanding feedback.
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Convenors:
Mr Gavin Spence
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Gavin Spence is a full time Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. His particular clinical interest is in external fixation and limb deformity correction. Prior to this he was a consultant for King’s College Hospital London (Dubai) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, treating children with a variety of tertiary paediatric orthopaedic conditions including neuromuscular pathology. He trained in London and Cambridge, with fellowships in Great Ormond Street, Stanmore, and Adelaide.
Mr Michail Kokkinakis
Honorary Reader (Associate Professor) in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, King’s College London & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Michail is the Head of Adolescent Hip Preservation Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. His additional subspecialty interests include the modern management of orthopaedic conditions in children with Cerebral Palsy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, as well as the treatment of complex paediatric foot pathologies.
He completed his medical degree at the University of Frankfurt in Germany and has undertaken specialist fellowship training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Glasgow, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.
Michail is a member of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS), the British Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy (BSSCP), and the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS). He currently serves as Chair of the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway for South East England.