BOA School Outreach Legacy Programme

In 2023, the BOA launched its first School Outreach session at the Annual Congress, part of an exciting new legacy programme to inspire and empower the next generation of healthcare professionals.


The session is aimed at providing 16–17-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds with valuable insight, information, and guidance about careers in medicine.

This initiative is about signposting clear pathways, both traditional and alternative, to help students understand how they can pursue a future in medicine, namely orthopaedics, no matter their background.

By offering practical advice, real-life experiences, and opportunities to engage with professionals, we aim to inform and empower students to see these careers as both achievable and rewarding.

This half-day experience offers:

  • Real-world insights into becoming a Medical Student, Physiotherapist, or Orthopaedic Surgeon

  • Guidance on traditional and alternative routes into medical school

  • Hands-on workshops to try out clinical skills

  • Opportunities to hear from industry partners

By creating early access to these experiences, we aim to spark students’ interest and ambition to pursue careers in medicine, particularly orthopaedics, and make the field more inclusive, one student at a time. 

 

Previous Session Agenda

 

Session Chair: Paul Banaszkiewicz, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Chair, BOA Education Committee  

09:00 - Registration 

09:30 - Introduction & welcome – Fergal Monsell, Vice President, BOA  

09:40 - Routes into Medicine

09:40 - 09:55 Traditional Routes  

Med School Application (My Experience) - Samantha Sharkey  

09:55 -10:15 Alternative Routes 

Military - LCpl Kitty Brooks  

Allied Health Professionals 

10:15 - 10:30 Life as a Med Student - Sanjana Mehrotra  

10:30 - 11:15 Workshops (15 mins each running simultaneously) 

10:30 - 10:45 - Workshop 1 – Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy - Arthrex 

10:45 - 11:00 - Workshop 2 – Cement 

11:00 - 11:15 - Workshop 3 – Suture 

11:15 - 11:45 - Coffee Break (30 mins)  

11: 45 - 12:00 - Questions, closing remarks (15mins) - Paul Banaszkiewicz  

12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch and departures 

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Secure Your Places in the 2026 Outreach Session


To secure your place/s at the BOA School Outreach Session taking place during the BOA Annual Congress 2026 please submit your details below. 
 




If you have any queries, please contact the BOA Events Team via [email protected].