Cadsim Surgical Approaches to Joint Access course (2/06/2025)

CADSIM PP	Dissecting Room Regulations
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Please read the dissection room regulations prior to attending the course. You will be asked to sign that you have read the regulations on the day at registration.

The course Director is Lt Col Charlotte Tunstall, Major Trauma and Upper Limb Consultant,  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The course is free for Yorkshire and Humber Trainees. Please make sure you meet the correct grade criteria for each speciality before booking your place and book your study leave promptly. Once you have booked your place on the course you will get an email reminder 2 weeks before the course. If you fail to attend on the day without contacting us you are denying someone else the chance to attend, and your details will be forwarded to your TPD.

Surgical gowns, over shoes, facemasks and gloves are provided for the lab. If you wish to wear theatre blues please bring your own.

The anatomy lab is on Level 9, Worsley Building, University of Leeds

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Please contact J.johnson1@leeds.ac.uk if you have any special dietary requests.

Failure to attend the course on the day without contacting the course administrator (j.johnson1@leeds.ac.uk) prior to the course starting or emailing cadsim@leeds.ac.uk will be followed up with your TPD.

Mandatory: Specialty Registrar CT1, or Specialty Registrar CT2

To gain hand-on experience of common orthopaedic presentations, methods of fixation and surgical approaches for Core Surgical Orthopaedic training.

· Introduce and consolidate hip approaches required for hemiarthroplasty and Dynamic Hip Screw fixation.

· Introduce and consolidate upper limb approaches for plating forearm fractures and wrist fractures.

· Recognition of compartment syndrome of the forearm, and the surgical approach for release of compartments.

· Understand methods of ankle fracture fixation, when they are appropriate, and the basics of performing the procedure.

· Introduce and consolidate approaches to ankle medial and lateral malleolus.

· Recognition of compartment syndrome of the lower leg, and the surgical approach for release of all compartments.

By the end of the day we hope all participants will have gained knowledge of the common approaches and associated anatomy for Core Surgical trainees involved in orthopaedic training.

We hope participants will have gained confidence in the diagnosis of compartment syndrome, and the surgical approach to decompression.