November 2022 Education Newsletter
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Welcome!
We had many applicants for the vacant Ed Com posts, and it was a challenge to select just three. Congratulations and a warm welcome to...
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Katie Kinch
Katie has been a Lead Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner in NHS Fife since 2016. She has both a clinical and leadership role within the Paediatric Orthopaedic service.
Katie qualified in St Louis, Missouri and worked in Zimbabwe for 2yrs before moving to Scotland in 1995.
She has been involved with several national committees including Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway Scotland (CPIPS), the APCP Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway National Network (CPIP NN) and is the past chair. She served on, and is past chair of, the APCP Neurodisability group and is a founding board member of British Neurotoxin Network Paediatrics.
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Stephanie Buchan
Stephanie has recently completed her Trauma and Orthopaedic training in Wessex Deanery and is due to commence a Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship in Liverpool next year.
Alongside clinical work Stephanie has a passion for teaching, demonstrated by achieving an MSc in Medical Education and leading the Wessex medical education fellowship group during her training, organising the deanery registrar training programme, regularly teaching locally and on national courses, and examining for FRCS mock examinations.
Stephanie has attended multiple paediatric orthopaedic themed courses and conferences which has exposed her to various alternative educational platforms.
She is delighted to be joining the BSCOS education committee, working to support members, and coordinate and promote educational activities and resources.
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Laura Deriu
Laura is a Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant primarily based at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust with a spoke practice at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. She has a special interest in paediatric hips and feet covering the full spectrum of pathology.
She has always been involved in Education and she believes this is paramount to deliver excellent patient care. She is highly involved as a Trainer in the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery, and is Sector Tutor for Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. She was awarded the BOTA Trainer of The Year for 2020-2021.
She is also committed to work with patients and families and she has produced several educational resources with them and for their benefit.
She is delighted to be joining the BSCOS education committee and give her contribution to support the society and its members in promoting education at all levels.
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Prince Josiah Joseph
And say hello to our new co-opted Medical Student member Josiah!
"Hi, my name is Josiah. I’m here to help BSCOS reach out to students and show them how amazing paediatric orthopaedics is! Medical students do not get ample exposure to paediatric orthopaedics during university, and I believe this is something BSCOS can help tackle."
More info about Ed Com can be found here
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The PODcast is back
... with a Halloween Special!
Featuring Claire Murnaghan from The Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow as guest host, and regular hosts Anish Sanghrajka and Alpesh Kothari - can you guess who's who below?
As well as discussing BSCOS members' favourite horror movies, the PODcast team cover a broad range of papers from the paeds ortho literature and from journals outwith the specialty. Basically they've done the hard work so you don't have to!
From trauma papers looking at forearm casting, adolescent clavicle fractures and lateral condyle reduction techniques; to CP, LLD in CTEV, tarsal coalitions and sleeper plates, and much more besides.
Tune in here or search 'BSCOS' on all podcast platforms.
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BSCOS at the BOA Congress 2022
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We hosted three sessions at the BOA this year
Free paper session - Anish Sanghrajka and Dan Perry chaired and moderated presentations. Topics included AI in distal radius fractures, 'predictable failure' in neonatal hip assessment, the development of a language-free, upper limb assessment tool, and asking 'how good is your GIRFT?'
The Young Adult hip session was extremely well attended and attracted a diverse audience of hip preservation specialists, AHPs, children's orthopaedic and general orthopaedic surgeons. Pranai Buddhdev and Nigel Kiely chaired, with Caroline Blakey from Sheffield, Aresh Hashemi-Nejad from RNOH, Jonathan Hutt from UCLH and Sanjeev Patil from QEH Glasgow giving superb insights into the sequelae dysplasia, Perthes and SCFE.
Finally, we co-hosted a 'Holes in Kids' Bones' session with the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society, chaired by Hel Havard, with presentations from Radiologist Rajesh Botchu, Jonathan Wright and Lee Bayliss (RNOH).
Congress registrants can catch up with content here
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Can you help educate your fellow and future children's orthopaedic surgeons?
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Adelle Fishlock is the BSCOS Early Years Representative and is seeking units from around the UK to offer local educational experiences: from visiting medical students and junior trainees undertaking observerships, to post-CCT and early years consultants on travelling fellowships.
We would like to build a list of interested units. Could you be your unit's point of contact? If so please contact ey@bscos.org.uk
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A new network for Trainees
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We held a 'Dragons Den' at the Annual Meeting and pitched a whole host of ideas at the Trainee Dragons for them to 'invest' in.
One of the winning pitches was setting up a network of trainees interested in the specialty. Often trainees are scattered across the UK and we would like to bring them together to support and inspire each other. Trainees please email education@bscos.org.uk to join the network, and Trainers please let your paeds wannabes know!
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Book your place at the Annual Meeting
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"It is what we know already that prevents us from learning" Claude Bernard
The team in Southampton have put together a fantastic programme with speakers from around the globe, focusing on DDH and CP (knee and foot) as well as Trainee and AHP sessions.
They are seeking abstract submissions (deadline 27th November). All details are here
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Current Concepts is back!
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Hosted by Clare Carpenter in Cardiff 19-21 June 2023.
This three day, high-intensity conference aims to gives a global perspective on paediatric orthopaedics. There will be a renowned and diverse faculty who will dispel myths and present their experience in this varied specialty.
The conference will comprise of a mix of lectures, workshops, fun and friendships in the land of song. Start limbering up those vocal cords...!
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That's not all!
Visit bscos.org.uk to access information about patient and family educational videos, courses, bursaries and fellowships
Contact education@bscos.org.uk and let us know your educational wants and needs. We are all ears!
Finally...
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