Taught Courses and Workshops

A number of taught courses and workshops will be offered throughout the meeting, as detailed below.

A Course Fee will be charged for attendance on these Courses in addition to the Conference Registration Fee applicable. Numbers are strictly limited and places will be allocated on a 'first come, first served’ basis.

Innovative Techniques in Hernia Repair
3.30pm - 5.30pm, Wednesday 14th April 2010
Maximum 50 delegates
Course Fee: Delegates charged a refundable £50 deposit.
Sponsored by ETHICON Products

Changes in hernia tariffs - what does this mean to us?

Maximising return whilst providing optimal patient benefits in inguinal hernia

The UHS Economic Model

Umbilical hernia - Always the poor relation

Lap incisional hernia - Combining cost pressures with patient outcomes

Hernia repair is still one of the most commonly performed procedures in the UK today. This session looks at the innovation in hernia repair throughout the 21st Century and asks some pertinent questions, and explores some current topics in hernia repair; Are devices the new Lichtenstein? And is laparoscopic hernia repair the new gold standard?

Featuring key surgeons from the UK and Europe, if you are interested in hernia repair and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of innovative techniques in hernia surgery, this course is ideal for you.

This course is offered to grades ST4 and above only.

Bariatric Surgery: What does the future look like?
11.00am – 12.30pm, Thursday 15th April 2010
Maximum 50 delegates
Course Fee: Delegates charged a refundable £50 deposit
Sponsored by ETHICON Endo-Surgery

After 40 years of bariatric surgery the understanding of mechanisms involved with consistent weight loss remains unclear. In this course delegates will learn more about the 4 most commonly performed operations: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Biliopancreatic Diversion. Guidance will be provided on physiological changes, differences in health outcomes and future procedures.

British Journal of Surgery: How to Write a Clinical Paper
2.00pm – 5.00pm, Thursday 15th April 2010
Maximum 50 delegates
Course Fee: £50 if registering to attend the Congress, £100 if not.
Headed by the Editors of the BJS

Designed to help you get your work into print. It is not an attempt to cover every aspect of writing, nor is it possible to go into detail of the pros and cons of different types of study design or data interpretation. Instead, this course focuses on those basic skills common to all published work that can make the difference between acceptance and rejection.

The course is designed to be interactive and is divided into short interactive sections, each consisting of one or more brief tutorials, a series of related tasks, small group discussion and a review. Many of the text examples included have been taken from papers published in the British Journal of Surgery over the past few years.

Advanced PowerPoint
8.30am – 12.30pm, Friday 16th April 2010
Maximum: 20 delegates
Course Fee: £50 if registering to attend the Congress, £100 if not.
Delegates are required to provide their own laptop with PowerPoint 2007 installed.
Sponsored by SLA Associates.

Steve Lovell and his team have been providing superb AV services for the Association’s Congress for many years and this is your chance to learn the tricks of the trade from some of the experts in the business. This practical course offers a brief refresher of basic PowerPoint before exploring more advanced PowerPoint options, such as embedding and translating videos and sound inserts into AV presentations, advanced animation, etc. Suitable for any-one with a basic knowledge of PowerPoint.