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Leeds, 23-24 October 2008. Download form and details

Dear All

I am writing to invite you to the BAPS National Training Day which will be held in Leeds on the above dates. On the Thursday, the venue will be the Leeds General Infirmary and Hirschsprung’s disease will be discussed. This will cover clinical management ranging from initial diagnosis, definitive management and outcome. The ISCP curriculum will be addressed and speakers will be from a number of disciplines.

As part of the meeting we will also cover topics that are both common and important in clinical practice and the exam; on the Thursday afternoon we will discuss Inguinal Hernias. This will cover standard management, the evidence surrounding this, and what to do in uncommon situations. On Friday the venue moves to St James’ University Hospital for a joint session with Adult Urology trainees. Here orchidopexy will be covered in detail with a video link for live operating followed by an interactive session.

As well as clinical teaching, there will be a Registrar Meeting and an informal dinner on the Thursday evening. A copy of the programme is attached below.

Unfortunately, the timing of the meeting will clash with the RITAs for the Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester consortium who will be in Sheffield for at least some of the Friday. It has not been possible to move the date or the venue of the RITA or the training meeting. We are very sorry for the impact that this will have on local trainees; we will provide a summary of the discussion on the Friday, have made an adjustment to the cost of the meeting for those effected and hope they will still find it possible to attend at least part of the meeting.

All trainees with an interest in Paediatric Surgery are welcome. The cost will be £40 to include food on the Thursday evening. There will be a reduction to £30 for those who have RITAs on the Friday. To book, please complete the form below making cheques payable to Leeds COPU as soon as possible. The form and cheque should be returned to:

Mr Jonathan Sutcliffe
Department of Paediatric Surgery
Clarendon Wing
Leeds General Infirmary
Gt George Street
Leeds LS1 3EX

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A nationally standardised, interactive one-day course Recognition & Response in Child Protection has been developed by Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (RCPCH), National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG).

Who can apply?

The course has been developed for doctors in training mainly in paediatrics and accident & emergency, although doctors in training working in general practice and other specialty areas may find aspects of the course relevant. It may be possible for other groups to access the course, if you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact ALSG (cpcourses@alsg.org).

What does it contain?

A series of lectures and small group workshops, discussions and role plays cover the following areas:
> Introduction
> Background
> How do you feel?
> Recognising Child Abuse and Neglect
> Introduction: What do you do including Communication
> Role Plays: What do you do including Communication
> Working Together with other professionals and parents
> Outcomes
> What did you learn today and where do you go from here?

When/where will the course take place?

Monday 17th November 2008 at the UBHT Education Centre, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8AE

How much is it?

£100 per person - including all course material and day-time catering

What course materials will I receive?

> An interactive DVD-ROM developed specifically for this package
> Child Protection Companion – a book developed by RCPCH for all paediatricians
> Child Protection Reader – a book written specifically for this package

How can I apply?

Please reserve a place first by contacting Jodie Lovell on Tel 0117 342 0056 or e-mail: jodie.lovell@ubht.nhs.uk and complete the application form below...

Packs have to be pre-ordered two months prior to course date so the Closing Date for completed application form & payment is Monday 15th September 2008.

This year’s BAPS congress was the second time the congress included a trainee session. This was held on the Wednesday morning and started with a free papers session with nine trainees presenting. The subjects were varied and the talks all well presented and judged for the award of the Trainee Prize.

These were followed by a brief trainee meeting at which the main topic was the current number of trainees and future consultant employment prospects. Unfortunately the recent large expansion in trainee numbers has led to greater uncertainty about long term job prospects post-CCT. The trainee representatives continue to raise these concerns at BAPS executive and SAC level.

The second half of the session was a seminar presented by Ed Holyoake of Covidien on the use of electrosurgery. This was an excellent and interesting session and we are grateful to Azad Najmaldin for his help in the organisation of the session.

That evening consisted of the trainee dinner sponsored by BAPS at which David Keene of Manchester was presented with Spitz and Coran’s Operative Paediatric Surgery as the winner of the trainee prize for his talk on the effectiveness of Broviac line dressings. We are grateful to Rick Turnock for his support of the session, including chairing the judging panel and his after-dinner speech, and to the other judges Tomas Westin of Stockholm and Paul Johnson of Oxford.

We are continuing to consider how we can continue to raise the profile of both the trainee session and the trainee dinner as part of the congress. This has received a significant boost in Paul Johnson negotiating on our behalf that the Trainee Prize winner be invited to submit a manuscript to the Congress edition of the JPS. Other suggestions have been to make the dinner open to all trainees but have an invitation only arrangement for consultants so they can be recognised for their contribution to training in the preceding year. Any other suggestions would be gratefully received.

Iain Yardley & Clare Rees.

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The National Training Day for SpRs and StRs will be held at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on the 26th and 27th June 2008. Download the agenda for the programme.