Speakers
Meg Baker
Joseph McKay
Dominic Waugh
Emma Howie
Yusuf Michla
Hannah Martin
Specialist Society
Watch a consultant trauma & orthopaedic surgeon wind back the clock and step into theatre for their first time on the tools. Explore how everyday occurrences influence performance and learning in the theatre environment. How will our plucky “trainee” handle the rigours of orthopaedic training? Targeted to benefit both trainees and trainers, this immersive live simulation will highlight pinch-points and tensions for trainees undertaking an operation as primary surgeon for the first time, and open discussion will introduce techniques to overcome the difficulties that can arise in this setting.
Chair: Megan Baker, President, BOTA
Agenda:
08:30 - 09:30 All speakers
Live Theatre Simulation & debrief
09:30 - 10:00 Emma Howie
The impact of cognitive load on performance
Meg is a South Yorkshire ST5 in Trauma and Orthopaedics and currently serves as President of BOTA. She has long demonstrated a strong commitment to medical education, beginning with the establishment of a society aimed at supporting local medical students to CSTs aspiring to enter orthopaedics. Her work has spanned exam and interview preparation, as well as broader mentorship initiatives. More recently, she has played a key role in developing the Yorkshire Educational Surgeons Collaborative, a network that brings together surgeons with a shared passion for education to collaborate, support one another, and advance educational programmes and research.
In addition to her regional and national work, Meg is also a Resident Co-Chair for the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) in Canada, where she contributes to the conference programme development and supports the organization's ongoing work.
Mr Michla is a consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon at the South Tyneside & Sunderland Foundation Trust. His specialist interest is in shoulder & elbow surgery with complex shoulder & elbow trauma being a particular interest. Mr Michla was appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as the Deputy National Director of the Foundation Trainees’ Surgical Societies in 2024. He also acts as a Regional Surgical Advisor for the College.
Alongside his clinical work, Mr Michla has a strong interest in undergraduate & postgraduate training and medical education. He has been nominated as the Northern Deanery’s “Trainer of the Year” three times, winning the title once.
For local postgraduate trainees he is a current academic mentor for Northern Deanery core and specialist trainees as well as for the Northern Foundation School, as well as sitting as a committee member of ONTEA, the Northern Deanery specialist training education steering group. At undergraduate level, he holds an honorary senior lecturer post with the University of Newcastle school of medicine, as well as an honorary lecturer role with the University of Sunderland school of medicine.
He was appointed the honorary chair of the University of Newcastle’s Surgical Society in 2016 & he also serves as the current co-chair of AO UK & Ireland’s undergraduate courses.