BOA Session
Session Title: Return to Work
Session Description: This session will include: Discussions, Clinical Refreshers, Sawbones.
Agenda
16.45 - 17:50: Practical Workshop (Saw bones):
- Distal Radius Fixation
- Ex Fix Application
- DHS
- IM Nail
- Ankle Fixation
17.50 - 18:00: Networking, Summary and Feedback
Please think about these topics in advance, to contribute to the discussion:
- One aspect that you are looking forward to when you return to work
- The thing/s you are ‘dreading’
- How you are planning to ease your return and strategies to overcome difficulties
- If you have returned to training previously, any tips you’d like to share with the group
Supported by
Many thanks to Synthes for supporting this workshop by supplying the trauma kit and saw bones.
Shirley Chan is a General and Colorectal Surgeon at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent. She is Return to Training and Trainee Support lead for Kent, Surrey & Sussex School of Surgery, an examiner for Intercollegiate MRCS and Member of the General Surgery SAC. She has been running the T&O Return to Training workshop since 2019. In 2024, this became a national workshop in association with the BOA and RCS Grassroots scheme.
