• ASiT 2013 Pre-conference courses: Friday 5 April 2013
• ASiT 2013 Conference: Friday 5 – Sunday 7 April 2013

Conference Registration Charges

Registration includes conference entry on both Saturday and Sunday, delegate pack and conference bag, lunch and coffees. Please note pre-conference courses incur an additional fee.

The welcome drinks reception on Friday 5 April is free to all those registering for the conference.

ASIT members from Saturday 23 Feb 2013: £225
Consultants: £375

Note: Medical students must be ASiT members to attend.

Subsidised Charity Gala Dinner party ticket (Full ASiT Members Only): £25
Guest Charity Gala Dinner party ticket (i.e. not registered for conference): £45
Drinks reception Friday 5 April 2013: Included in registration

Onsite registration will be possible at the conference venue for a supplement.

ASiT non-members can join online by visiting: http://www.asit.org/join

To register for the Conference, visit: http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/2013/registration

Pre-Conference Courses

Every year ASiT organises a range of optional pre-conference courses for surgical trainees. For 2013 more events than ever before are being hosted. Courses will take place on Friday 5 April. These can be booked online with conference registration and offer fantastic value for money.

The 2013 pre-conference courses will be:

ASiT Foundation Skills in Surgery Course
ASiT / Covidien Core Laparoscopic Skills Course
ASiT / ALSGBI Intermediate Laparoscopic Skills Course
ASiT Masterclass in Journal Club / FRCS Academic viva Course
ASiT Local Skin Flaps Training Course
ASiT Mentorship and Coaching Skills Course
ASiT / SARS / BJS Research Skills Course
ASiT GI Surgical Stapling and Energised Dissection Course
ASiT Surgical Art Workshop
ASiT Introductory Neurosurgical Skills Course
ASiT Ultrasound Scanning for Surgical Trainees Course
ASiT Cardiac Surgery Course

To register for the wide-range of pre-conference courses, visit: http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/2013/pre-courses

ASiT Buddy Scheme

ASiT is also setting up a Medical Student Buddy Scheme (for Manchester residents only) to help students coming to the Conference in Manchester find accommodation.

If you think that you could help by being a friendly weekend host and providing a bed/ couch/ floor space for a medical student/s coming to conference, please email lfderbyshire@doctors.org.uk stating:

- description of the beds you have e.g. spare room, couch, floor space
- who is living in the house/ flat already
- any preferences you have regarding the students staying e.g. same gender only
- which nights you can provide accommodation for – 5th/ 6th/ both

It is hoped this Buddy Scheme will encourage more medical students to be able to come to Conference and provide more opportunities for students to get to know each other. ASiT will be organising a medical student Meet and Greet social for the Friday (5th April 2013) evening in Manchester to start the fun!

For any other information please contact info@ASit.org

• Series of lectures in the morning
• Posters session (judged at lunchtime)with a prize for best medical student poster and a prize for best foundation doctor poster.
• Practical skills stations in the afternoon

We are proud to host speakers from a wide range of surgical specialties, offer extensive practical skills teaching, and provide a platform for medical students across the UK to present their audit, case study or original research on a large scale.

We are grateful to our speakers:

Mr John Getty – Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, and Senior Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Chair of the Professional Standards and Regulations Board and College Lead on Commissioning for Surgery, the Surgeon’s Portfolio and Patient Safety.

Professor J Andrew Bradley – Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Cambridge, and Director of Clinical Transplantation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Ms Scarlett McNally – Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon and council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

*More speakers to be announced soon*

For more information, to submit your abstracts and to sign up to the conference, please visit our website at www.camsurg.co.uk.

Please submit all abstracts by 11.01.2013.

Tickets are £15.

Follow us on: https://twitter.com/CamSurg

If you have any questions please contact us on camsurgconference@gmail.com

We are proud to be sponsored by Wesleyan Medical Sickness, the MDU, PasTest, Inovus Surgical Solutions, onExamination, the MPS, Oxford University Press, B. Braun and the Royal College of Surgeons.

Application deadline is 14th December 2012. If you have any questions about the positions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The following positions can be applied for:

President
Vice-President
Events Director (lectures lead)
Events Director (workshops lead)
Conference Director
Secretary
Treasurer
Communications & Publicity
Membership & IT (training will be provided)
Hospital Rep (Hope)
Hospital Rep (MRI)
Hospital Rep (South)
Phase I Rep x2

Choosing a new committee is unsurprisingly an extremely difficult task. This is partly due to the large amount of applicants we receive each year. We aim to make our selection process as fair and transparent as we can, in order to form the best committee possible, and therefore secure the reputation, longevity and legacy of the society for the future.

All submitted applications get anonymised and are sorted into groups by the first choice position (i.e. all the applications for presidency are grouped together; all the applications for VP are grouped together and so on). The applications are then ranked in each group by the current Scalpel committee. Those candidates who are not ranked 1^st in their first choice group are then re-allocated to their second choice group and get re-assessed within that group.
Sometimes, if a candidate has an outstanding application and is judged to best suit another role that they have not applied for, the candidate’s application can be re-allocated to the suggested group and re-ranked.

Each year, around four current committee members wish to continue serving the society for another year, and so re-apply for a position. We do not discourage this, as the society feels it is invaluable to have some persons who have the contacts and expertise gained over the course of a year within the committee to pass on. Internal applicants are, like external applicants, assessed by the rest of the committee, and ranked within their group.

If you have any questions about the selection procedure, do not hesitate to contact us.

We wish you the very best of luck with your application.

The Scalpel Committee

Surgically Applied Anatomy of Important Operative Procedures:
This is a highly interactive event, aimed at aspiring future surgeons and taught by surgeons will feature focus-group workshops and anatomy demonstrations on live models. Imaginative artwork is used to identify surface landmarks and anatomy as applied to clinical surgery. This includes presentations of common surgical pathology, placement of surgical incisions and identification of structures vulnerable to surgical damage. This is the only course of its kind in the UK structured in such a way as to teach you anatomy in a meaningful and clinically relevant manner. Previous events have sold out quite early, so we recommend signing up in advance to avoid disappointment. Certificates of attendance will be provided for your portfolio.
For more information or to register, please click on the link below:
http://www.doctorsacademy.org/AcademyCMS/default.asp?contentID=976

Clinical Anatomy as Applied to Trauma and Emergency Medicine:

This event is aimed at aspiring future surgeons and emergency medicine clinicians, and will feature small group workshops covering the anatomical mechanism behind traumatic injuries and management. The syllabus will also cover surface anatomy and structures vulnerable to trauma, the different presentations and their underlying anatomical basis, as well as common emergency procedures. Examples of areas to be covered include gunshot wounds, insertion of central lines and surgical airways, chest drains, compartment syndrome and brachial plexus injury to name a few. This cause has been very popularly subscribed to in the past, and we recommend signing up early to book a place. Certificates will be provided for your portolios. For more information or to register, please click on the link below:
http://www.doctorsacademy.org/AcademyCMS/default.asp?contentID=975

Training the Clinical Anatomy Trainer:

This is one of very few courses in the UK offering training to develop clinicians as a basic-level Clincial Anatomy Trainer. It will be taught in the style of small groups, and will be focussed on teaching fundamental principles of anatomy as applied to the clinical medicine and surgery. Here, we cover anatomy as applied to surgery (general and specialties), trauma and critical care procedures. Candidates who successfully complete the course will receive a certification as Clinical Anatomy Trainers. For more information or to register, please click on the following link:
http://www.doctorsacademy.org/AcademyCMS/default.asp?contentID=977

Manchester Medical School subscription now available

Uni specific topics
                                                                      

and question formats                                                                   

Over 180 spot
                                                                            

diagnosis questions                                                                   

Senior medical students in 4th or 5th year are invited to demonstrate their surgical skills in a series of nationwide regional heats this autumn.

Those who prove themselves to our RCSEd judges to be a cut above the rest, will then progress to compete in the Grand Final of the Surgical Skills Competition, which will take place in Edinburgh in March 2013.

Places for the heats are limited and will be allocated in order of registration, so ensure you have a valid RCSEd website account today and prepare to register as soon as entries open! www.rcsed.ac.uk/skills-comp

Registration for the competition will open via our website at 12PM, THURSDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2012
Visit www.rcsed.ac.uk/skills-comp for dates of regional heats and full terms and conditions.

Speakers include:

• Professor Simon Kay – Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Professor of Hand Surgery in Leeds. His career lead him to be President of two specialty association, and editor of a major journal, but has remained focused on the human aspects of what are very technical specialties. His main expertise lies in microsurgery and reconstruction, and he will be talking on the whole gamut of upper limb reconstruction culminating in his current interest in hand transplantation.
• Ms Helen Fernandes – Consultant Neurosurgeon at the internationally renowned Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. She is the first female surgeon to be appointed there. She specialises in both the treatment of adult and paediatric patients with brain and spinal problems.
• Mr Edward Kiely – based at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital since the mid-1980s, Mr Kiely is considered one of the top surgeons in the world specialising in the separation of conjoined twins. He has also appeared on the BBC2 documentary “Great Ormond Street”.

Workshops to include:

• Suturing Skills Workshop
• Advanced Suturing and Plastics
• Chest Drain Workshop
• Laparoscopic Skills
• How to get Published
• Surgical Anatomy for the Terrified
• How to Make a Conference Poster

Why should you present at our National Conference?

• An oral or poster presentation at a National Conference is an outstanding achievement and good practice for your future career.
• Presentations are a prerequisite in specialty training.
• Great opportunity to start developing presenting skills early, as its an invaluable skill important to your career progression.
• Prizes will be awarded to the best oral and poster presentations.
• Accepting: case studies, research and audits

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN NOW!

14th September: Abstract submission closes
24th September: Successful submissions announced

Last September, the conference was attended by over 100 delegates from across the UK with interests as diverse as medical oncology, paediatric oncology, haematology and surgery.

This year’s conference will showcase some of the best research from undergraduates and recently qualified doctors via oral and poster presentations.

Those interested in a career in clinical, medical or surgical oncology will also get expert careers advice by attending our careers Q&A panel. In addition, the day will consist of educational sessions, a quiz and lots more.

For more info: http://www.manchester-oncology.org/view.php/Conference

The Surgeon Podcasts highlight recent papers in the journal, and allow readers to download and listen to abstracts selected by the Editors.

To download the articles free-of-charge please visit iTunes.

For further information about The Surgeon, please visithttp://www.thesurgeon.net/.