SPOTS
COURSE
Sheffield Paediatric Orthopaedic and Trauma Skills Course
registration is now closed
Course dates for 2024 to be announced soon...
Thank you to all our delegates and faculty for joining us in Sheffield in June this year!
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After a hugely successful 2022 course we will be announcing dates for SPOTS 2024 on the website and twitter feed soon.
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We look forward to welcoming you to the INOX Centre at the University of Sheffield then.
In association with The Sharrard Society
AB UT
This course has been designed to help consultants and senior trainees keep up-to-date and practice skills in both elective and trauma Paediatric Orthopaedics. It is based here in Sheffield at the INOX Centre with a national and international invited faculty. Over the period of the course during the three days we aim to cover many aspects of elective and trauma Paediatric Orthopaedics.
2022 TIMETABLE...
2022 COURSE OVERVIEW
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE
07:45-08:00 - Registration
08:00-08:15 - Introduction and Housekeeping
08:15-08:45 - Introduction to paediatric lower limb trauma
08:45-09.15 - Femoral and tibial elastic nailing principles
09:15-10:15 - Skills Stations
10:15-11:15 - Interactive Case Discussions
11:15-11:30 - Morning coffee break
11:30-12:30 - Skills Stations
12:30-13:00 - Paediatric lower limb trauma challenging and pitfall cases
13:00-13:30 - Lunch
13:30-14:00 - Introduction to paediatric upper limb trauma
14:00-14:30 - Humerus and forearm elastic nailing principles
14:30-15:30 - Skills Stations
15:30-16:30 - Interactive Case Discussions
16:30-16:45 - Afternoon break
16:45-17:15 - Lower limb alignment and guided growth
17:15-18:00 - Panel Case Discussion on complex trauma cases
THURSDAY 23 JUNE
07:45-08:00 - Morning coffee
08:00-08:30 - Current concepts & techniques on CP Proximal Femoral Varus De-Rotation Osteotomy
08:30-09:00 - Current concepts and techniques on
torsional deformity
09:00-09:15 - Q&A session CP/ITD
09:15-10:45 - Skills Stations & Case Based Discussions
10:45-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-11:20 - Video - Anterior and medial approaches to the hip for open reduction
11:20-11:45 - Interactive debate
11:45-12:45 - Interactive Case Discussions
12:45-13:45 - Lunch
13:45-14:30 - Update on paediatric infection
14:30-15:15 - Perthes: how we treat and why
15:15-15:30 - Sheffield unstable SCFE Pathway
15:30-15:45 - Afternoon break
15:45-17:15 - Breakout sessions - practicals and case based discussions
19:00 COURSE DINNER at Urban Choola
FRIDAY 24 JUNE
08:45-09:00 - Morning Coffee
09:00-09:15 - Intro to paediatric foot section
09:15-10:45 - Breakout sessions - practicals and case based discussions
10:45-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-12:30 - Breakout sessions - videos and cases
12:30-13:15 - Lunch
13:15-13:45 - Normal variants
13:45-14:15 - Idiopathic flat foot and cavovarus foot
14:15-14:45 - Principles of fixing pathological fractures
14:45-15:00 - Afternoon break
15:00-15:30 - SCFE and Perthes cases
15:30-16:00 - Q&A session: all faculty and any topic covered
16:00-16:10 - Final remarks and feedback
16:10 Certificates and close
BREAKOUT OUT SESSIONS TO INCLUDE:
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Forearm ESIN: clear sawbones
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Femoral Elastic nailing: clear sawbones
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Lateral Femoral Nailing: sawbones
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Ponseti casting with Foot models/ Boots & Bar/ CTEV
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Hip Spica Application for Femoral Fractures
In association with The Sharrard Society
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CONTACT
INOX Centre
Level 5, Students' Union Building, Durham Road, Sheffield S10 2TG
All course enquiries to:
SPOTS 2022 event manager
Tel: 07748 933231