Plastering skills for orthopaedic surgery and emergency medicine | 19 October 2023
Overview
This course is designed for foundation trainees with an interest in orthopaedics, core surgical trainees, acute care common stem emergency medicine trainees and accident and emergency nurses.
Educational aims and learning objectives:
- Develop a basic understanding of the principles of casting
- Acquire tips and tricks to make the casting process easier
- Learn specific casts for common fracture patterns (distal radius, midshaft forearm, ankle & midshaft tibia/fibula)
- Learn specialised casts such as hanging casts, sugar tong casts & thumb spicas
- Fulfil requirement for trauma & orthopaedics ST3 application
Programme
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Convenors:
Mr Gareth Chan
Trauma and Orthopaedic Registrar, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Gareth Chan is currently on the KSS rotation and based at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. He obtained his training number in 2018 as the top scoring candidate in the national recruitment process. Prior to this, he trained at UCL Medical School, intercalating in musculoskeletal sciences at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and completed his academic foundation and core surgical training in Brighton. He teaches widely on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
Mr Tom Crompton
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Crompton is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Royal Navy and NHS who specialises in paediatric orthopaedic surgery and adult trauma. His areas of expertise includestrauma, hip dysplasia and neuromuscular disease.
Mr Crompton qualified from Barts and the London Medical School and undertook his registrar orthopaedic training at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital. He underwent his specialist children’s orthopaedic fellowship at Westmead Children’s hospital in Sydney and the Royal London Hospital. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery.
Mr Christopher To
ST6, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Chris is currently on the KSS rotation and based at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust