1. St Thomas’ Cadaveric Hand Trauma Course 13th & 14th September 2012 Two days Course fresh frozen cadavers. For CT1-ST4 in Plastic surgery and Orthopaedic surgery This course is accredited by Royal College of Surgeons of England with 10 CPD. Faculty Miss Catina Bernardis, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr. Jamil Ahmed, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr. Matt James, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr Peter Russell, Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby Mr. Sam Gidwani, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr. Manu Sood, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford Ms. Philippa Rust, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Mr. Ricardo Tejero-Trujeque, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr. Syed Mashhadi, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Mr Amir Tadros, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Hospital Our Hand trauma course is a highly interactive hands on course that is structured to meet the training needs of the surgeons in training for plastic and orthopaedic surgery. Participants will learn the surgical techniques in dealing with hand trauma, with the emphasis on soft tissue injuries, including tendon and soft tissue reconstruction of hand with local and distant flaps, bone fracture fixation. The course format includes practical skills training using fresh frozen cadavers. The specimens are well preserved and closely simulate the clinical situation.

2. Timetable for Hand Course September 2012 Thursday 13th September 08.30 - 09.00 Registration & Coffee 09.00 - 09.30 Extensor tendon 09.30 - 10.00 Flexor tendon 10.00 - 10.30 Local flaps part – 1 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 12.30 Cadaveric workshop – tendon repair and local flaps part – 1 12.30 - 13.15 Lunch 13.15 - 13.45 Nerve and vessel repair 13.45 - 14.15 Hand infection 14.15 - 14.45 Local flaps part – 2 14.45 - 15.00 Coffee break 15.00 - 17.30 Cadaveric workshop local flaps part – 2 Friday 14th September 08.00 - 08.30 Coffee 08.30 - 09.00 Compartment syndrome and mangled hand 09.00 - 09.30 Metacarpal fractures 09.30 - 10.00 Phalangeal fractures 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break 10.30 - 12.30 Cadaveric fracture workshop part – 1 12.30 - 13.15 Lunch 13.15 - 13.45 MCPJ and PIPJ dislocation 13.45 - 14.15 Hand fractures in children 14.15 - 16.30 Cadaveric fracture workshop part - 2

3. Venue Gordon Museum, Hodgkin House Guy's Campus, GTK, St. Thomas' Street London, SE1 9RT Course Directors Mr. Jamil Ahmed Email : Jamil.ahmed@gstt.nhs.ukJamil.ahmed@gstt.nhs.uk Mr. Sam Gidwani Email : Sam.Gidwani@gstt.nhs.ukSam.Gidwani@gstt.nhs.uk Course Secretary Ms. Elizabeth Grace Email : Elizabeth.Grace@gstt.nhs.ukElizabeth.Grace@gstt.nhs.uk Course fees: £600 There are limited places on this popular course. Please contact course secretary to book a place, for further details check our course website : http://www.wix.com/handcourses/1 http://www.wix.com/handcourses/1