ASiT Core skills in paediatric surgery 

Overview

The NHS future plan is set to drive a large amount of tertiary care back in to the local centres. This will affect the incredibly diverse practice of paediatric surgery and leave some of this in the laps of General Surgeons.

So, if sick kids in your A&E scare you and you want to know how to manage them better or you are interested in paediatric surgery, either as specialist interest, a part of the exams you don’t get or as your chosen career with interviews looming; come along.

Learning Outcomes

1. To cover common paediatric surgical conditions that might present to a DGH A&E for surgical review and their management with focus on difference from adult practice, local decision making tools and when to refer. - to focus on what might be encountered by surgical SHO or Junior Registrar - cover MRCS section 7 “surgical care of children” module; including consent issues and non-accidental injury of children
2. Provide operative experience of key paediatric surgery procedures including those for the interviews.
3. To give demonstrate to breadth of paediatric surgery pathology.

Cover the application pathway and interview format.

Provisional programme

9am Registration/tea/coffee

9:30 Introduction

9:40 The paediatric surgical patient in your ED; lumps, bumps and acute abdomens

10:40 Workshops: Groups of 5-6: (30mins each)

1: Paediatric Physiology and Fluid Management

2: Congenital Abnormalities and NICU

3: Case based discussion: complex case

12:20 Lunch

13:00 Practical sessions: (wet/dry lab technical skills):

1. Duodenal Atresia
2. Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy
3. Open Appendicectomy (Interview Skill)

16:30 Paediatric Surgery Shape of Training and Closing Remarks

17:00 Finish

Optional Extra paediatric Surgery interview preparation available.

Contact e-mail: tripsrepuk@gmail.com