2nd ORUK advanced online course on the paediatric foot
Overview
Please note that the early bird rate expires on 31 October 2026.
Following the popular and successful 1st course in 2022, we explore the latest developments in the assessment and treatment of foot conditions in children. Based not on didactic lectures but on real case vignettes, we cover the new directions, novel concepts, and what we can learn from the recent literature and guidelines. We tackle the controversies, the red flags and the referral criteria, and encourage a common language and understanding between physiotherapists, allied healthcare professionals, and paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, to promote communication and collaboration so we can work together in the best interests of our young patients.
Suitable for physiotherapists who assess or treat children as part of their clinical caseload. The course will also be relevant to other allied health professionals (AHPs), including podiatrists, orthotists, prosthetists, and first contact practitioners (FCPs), as well as paediatric orthopaedic nurses and occupational therapists (OTs). In addition, it may be of interest to medical clinicians such as General Practitioners (GPs), paediatricians, and paediatric orthopaedic trainees or junior consultants.
Format
- 6 weekly online interactive webinars
- Expert panel consisting of senior physiotherapists, podiatrists, orthotists, clinical nurse specialists and orthopaedic surgeons
- Focus on illustrative cases to introduce the learning points and hacks to making sound clinical decisions
- Concluding “round-table” discussion of cases, controversies and challenges, with questions posed by delegates
- Pre-and post-webinar reading material consisting of recent quality review articles and national guidelines where appropriate
- Opportunity for delegates to submit their own cases for discussion
Programme
Each weekly webinar will last approximately 120 minutes, broadcast live on a Monday from 19:00 to 21:00 (GMT)
- Week 1: 11 January – Anatomy, principles and assessment
- Week 2: 18 January – The hindfoot; toe-walking, equinus, calcaneus and valgus
- Week 3: 25 January – The painful flatfoot in typically developing and developmentally delayed children?
- Week 4: 1 February – Talipes Equinovarus; idiopathic, secondary, neglected, persistent and recurrent
- Week 5: 8 February – The cavovarus foot and other neurological deformities
- Week 6: 15 February – The forefoot; hallux valgus and lesser toe deformities
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294 spaces remainingWeek 1: Anatomy, principles and assessmentLocation Online
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294 spaces remainingWeek 2: The hindfoot; toe-walking, equinus, calcaneus and valgusLocation Online
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294 spaces remainingWeek 3: The painful flatfoot in typically developing and developmentally delayed childrenLocation Online
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295 spaces remainingWeek 4: Talipes equinovarus; idiopathic, secondary, neglected, persistent and recurrentLocation Online
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294 spaces remainingWeek 5: The cavovarus foot and other neurological deformitiesLocation Online
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294 spaces remainingWeek 6: The forefoot; hallux valgus and lesser toe deformitiesLocation Online
Sponsors
Silver
Convenors:
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.
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.