BOA New Consultants Course 2026
Sponsored by Smith & Nephew
Dates: Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November, 2026
Saturday: 09:00-16:30
Location: Smith & Nephew plc, 5, Croxley Green Business Park, Hatters Ln, Watford WD18 8Y
Course fee: £95
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for post-CCT surgeons on fellowship, surgeons in locum consultant posts, consultants within 3 years of appointment and surgeons in autonomous practice (e.g Specialist Doctors).
Educational aims/learning objectives:
By the end of this 1.5-day course, new consultants will be able to:
- Transition effectively into their consultant role with confidence in leadership, clinical, and managerial responsibilities.
- Apply strategies to manage professional challenges including job planning, working with teams, and handling difficult situations.
- Build sustainable career pathways that integrate excellence in patient care, education, research, and personal wellbeing.
The course fee includes access to all sessions, overnight accommodation, and the course dinner, providing both an educational and networking opportunity in a relaxed setting.
Course Conveners: Rajesh Nanda and Paul Banaszkiewicz
Course Programme
Friday 13th November 2026
12:00 - Registration and Lunch
12:50 - Welcome
13:00 - 15:30 Welcome to your new life!
- Job Planning - Nish Chirodia (15 minutes)
- Working with Managers - Janardhan Rao (15 minutes)
- Understanding how the money flows - Rajarshi Bhattachary (15 minutes)
- Making appraisal productive - Alwyn Abraham (15 minutes)
*Fireside discussions (30 minutes) - Rajesh Nanda & Paul Banaszkiewicz - 2/3 breakout sessions
- 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee break (20 minutes)
- 15:50 - 17:50 - Smith & Nephew showcase
- Breakout groups looking at recent advances and other products. (Delegates to choose 4 workshops in order of preference 1 to 4)
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Specialty
Procedure/s
Product/s
Recon Knee
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Journey II BCS
Recon Hip
Total Hip Arthroplasty
POLAR3
Robotic Knee (VR)
Robotic Assisted TKA
CORI
Trauma
Upper Limb & Lower Limb Plating, Hip Fracture
EVOS Large, EVOS Small, INTERTAN
Sports Medicine
Shoulder: Rotator Cuff Repair, Labral Repair, SCR
Knee: Meniscal Repair, ACL
Healicoil, Q-Fix, Regeneten, Novostitch
Wound
NPWT
PICO
- 18:00 - Depart for the hotel for check-in
- 19:30 - Evening Drinks reception. Meeting with faculty. Introduction by the new consultants
Saturday 14th November 2026
09:25 - 09:30 - Welcome
09:30 - 12:00 - How to manage difficult situations
- Working with a difficult colleague and communication - Giles Pattison (15 minutes)
- Managing your own complications - Deepa Bose(15 minutes)
- Dealing with Difficult Trainees - Alwyn Abraham (15 minutes)
- Dealing with complaints and litigation - Sebastian Dawson-Bowling (30 minutes)
Coffee break (20 minutes) – and then move into breakout sessions
*Fireside discussions (45 minutes) – Rajesh Nanda & Paul Banaszkiewicz - 2/3 breakout sessions
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch (45 minutes)
12:45 - 14:15 Building your empire
- Quality improvement - Hiro Tanaka(10 minutes)
- Maintain work/life balance and avoid burnout - Andrea Stott(10 minutes)
- Safely introducing a new procedure / new service- Andrea Stott (10 minutes)
- Taking on Additional Roles - Janardhan Rao(10 minutes)
- Safely introducing a new procedure / new service (10 minutes) - Andrea Sott
*Fireside discussions (25 minutes) - Rajesh Nanda & Paul Banaszkiewicz - 2/3 breakout sessions
14:15 - 14:30 Coffee break (15 minutes)
14:30 - 15:00 - Tips and tricks for working in the private sector - Susan Alexander(30 minutes)
15:00 - 15:30 Final Q&A and close – Rajesh Nanda & Paul Banaszkiewicz
If you have any queries, don't hesitate to get in touch with the BOA Events Team via [email protected]