Programme

Day One

Time	Content	Faculty
08.15 - 08.30	Registration and Refreshments Faculty meeting
08.30 - 08.40	Introduction and statement of course objective, assesment overview
08.40 - 09.00	Gowning and gloving Double gloving and gown/glove removal.
09.00 - 09.50	Knots One-handed Reef Knot, Surgeons Knot and Instrument Tie
09.50 - 10.50	Knots (continued) Surgeon's knot and tying at depth
10.50 - 11.05	Refreshments
11.05 - 11.30	Handling Instruments Scissors, Haemostats, forceps and scapel
11.30 - 13.00	Suturing techniques Needles and incisions Interrupted sutures, simple and mattress sutures; Continuous sutures, sub-cuticular suture
13.00 - 13.45	Lunch
13.45 - 14.25	Skin Lesions and Local Anaesthetic Techniques Techniques for tissue dissection Application of local anaesthetic Excising a skin lesion and sebaceous cyst
14.25 - 14.55	Ligation/Transfixtion Pedicle transfixion, continuity tie, pedicle tie
14.55 - 15.55	Tissue handling 1 Bowel: End-to-End interrupted hand tied knots (no assistance)
15.55 - 16.10	Refreshments
16.35 - 16.55	Tissue handling 2 Tendon repair (assisted)
16.55 - 17.10	Electro-surgery General principles of Electro-surgery
17.10 - 17.30	Discussion and feedback

Day Two

Time	Content	Faculty
08.15 - 08.30	Refreshments
08.30 - 09.00	Reprise of knot tying Common faults
09.00 - 10.30	Abdominal closure and drain insertion Aberdeen Knot The art of assisting
10.30 - 10.45	Refreshments
10.45 - 12.45	Tissue handling 3 Vascular surgery principles Vein patch exercise (assisted)
12.45 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 13.40	Wound Management 1 Abscess drainage (non assisted)
13.40 - 13.55	Skin Suture OSAT
13.55 - 14.45	Wound Management 2 Debriding a traumatic wound
14.45 - 15.00	Refreshments
15.00 - 15.15	Introduction to Generic Endoscopic Surgery Principles of camera technique, depth cueing fulcrum effects
15.15 - 17.15	Box Trainers Exercises: Placing peas in a pot, stacking sugar cubes, cutting a glove, putting Polos on a string and tying knots on a skin pad
17.15 - 17.30	Discussion and feedback
17.30	Close