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Course Summary:

Course Title: Laparoscopic GI Surgery for Theatre Personnel
Information Laparoscopic GI Surgery for Theatre Personnel
Audience Theatre Practitioners, ODP Students, 3rd year nursing students with an interest in nursing, final year medical students and FY1 Doctors.
Date: Friday 10th February 2012
Location: Post Graduate Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Duration: 1 Day Course
Cost: Healthcare Professionals: £80
Students (limited places): £40
Info

The course will include seminars and practical hands-on workshops covering:

- Basic principles of laparoscopic GI Surgery
- Equipment and instrumentation
- Patient positioning and transfer
- Laparoscopic dissection technologies
- Laparoscopic stapling and suturing equipment
- Gastric band prepartion
 
Programme: Click on PROGRAMME to view
Registration

On line booking is available at: www.surgicaltrainingnetwork.org
Or Telephone: Elaine Cox - 01935 384529 at the South West Surgical Training Network (SWSTN)
elaine.cox@ydh.nhs.uk

 

Course Title: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Symposium
Audience

Theatre Personnel and any staff who have an interest in advanced laparoscopic surgery
Date: Wednesday 18th April 2012 (9.00am to 4.00pm)
Location: The Mayo Building, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Manchester, M6 8HD
Duration: 1 Day Course
Cost: There is no cost for attendance
There are 40 delegate places available which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis
Info

The course will include seminars covering Lap Colorectal, Lap Upper GI, Lap Adrenal and Lap Bariatrics, with an afternoon of
equipment hands on workshops which include the following:

- Endoeye, HD Camera, Scopes and Stack Systems (Olympus)
- Stapling Devices (Ethicon)
- Ports (Ethicon)
- Laparoscopic Simulators (Ethicon)
- Energy Devices (Ethicon)
- Positioning and Equipment (Maquet)
 
Programme: Click on PROGRAMME to view
Registration

Please register with Lynn Jones at Salford Royal on:
Direct Line: 0161 206 2999
Email: lynn.jones@srft.nhs.uk