Joint Injection and Minor Surgery
London Deanery Sponsored Study Day For GP Registrars and Established Practitioners requiring supervised practice
2011 : Scheduled Thursdays 10 March, and 24 November
Venue: Near NorthWick Park Hospital
(EXACT VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED, Off A 406 North Circ., London)
OPEN TO GP TRAINEES WITHIN THE LONDON DEANERY
AND FOR non-London Deanery Applicants
ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS
Established Practitioners and Multi professional and Multi disciplinary applicants are also welcome
CONFIRMATION and SCHEDULE SENT TO REGISTERED CANDIDATES
Only 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE COURSE
Places are usually always available for Deanery Trainees !
Please Read The Following Information Carefully:
The course is designed to be A Really Useful Study Day for Aspiring Minor Surgery and Joint Injection Practitioners at an Absolutely Beginner Level with no previous training: NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE WITH SURGICAL EXPERIENCE
Includes Personal Instructions
And
The Opportunity to Practice Practical Skills Including:
1. Difficult Incisions and Wounds
2. Specialised Closure Techniques
3. Excision of Dermal and Sub-Cutaneous Lesions
4. Principles Of Administering Local Anaesthesia
Also
5. PRINCIPLES OF JOINT INJECTION AND AN INTRODUCTION TO SKIN LESIONS
Fee: Trainees pay £175 and established GPs £200
To reserve: Please send the form available from this (and Deanery Website) to: IHCI, PO Box 200, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1XJ, Enclosing the cheque made payable to IHCI.
This secures a place for you on the course. We will only write to you 2 weeks before the course. You are welcome to pay via our secure internet link.
For further information please contact: by eMail (use the Send Us a Message page on this website), by post ‘Minor Surgery’ PO Box 200, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1XJ
Ph: 07850 996 376 (please leave a message! and allow a few days or longer for reply)
Please note: The course requires practical work with pig’s trotters and is intended to provide instructions in very basic techniques
Future skills based practical workshops in the Tips and Tricks Series are for early next year to include the following topics: 1.Clinical Musculo-skeletal / Neurological examination, 2. Joint Injections, 3. Critical Review 4. Major Incident preparedness– others as indicated by the participants! Are you interested to attend?
Important Note: North Middlesex University Hospital is NOT repeat NOT connected with this study day !