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This 2-day hands-on program will provide an overview of the basic hand surgery inclusive of lectures, videos, case based discussion and hands on practical. Online resources will be made available for pre-reading. There will be ten stations with fresh frozen cadaveric specimens. Two medical participants per station. Nursing staff to provide assistance and perform wound closure. Each station is equipped with basic surgical instruments and two sets of 3 piece micro-instruments. Loupes will be provided with a head light source ( full paying participants will receive these as complimentary items).
All doctors will be required to have attended Basic surgery course. All nurses will be required to have exposure to hand surgery cases.
Learning Outcome
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
Basic Hand Surgery Course
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Understand the principles and practice of common hand conditions
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Select and prepare patients for common hand surgical procedures
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Confidently perform local and regional anesthetise in the hand
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Confidently perform common hand surgery procedures on the cadaver
Basic Suturing Course for Nurses
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Confidently prepare and assist in basic hand surgical procedures
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Describe various suture materials and techniques in hand surgery
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Confidently suture the skin using various surgical techniques in hand surgery
Program
18th OCTOBER 2019 , FRIDAY
LECTURES (Basic Suturing Course for Nurses)
09:55-10:00 Welcome
10:00-10:20 Introduction to Suture Materials
10:20-10:40 Basic Suture Techniques
10:40-11:00 Handling instruments
11:00-11:20 Assisting in Hand Surgery
11:20-11:40 Preparing for Basic Hand Surgery
LECTURES (Basic Hand Surgery Course )
12:00-12:25 Registration
12:25-12:30 Welcome
12:30-13:15 Basic Science & Hand Assessment
13:15-13:30 Principles of Hand Surgery
13:30-13:45 Blocks and Regional Anesthesia in Hand
13:45-14:00 Tea Break
14:00-14:40 Common Conditions of the Hand
The painful hand, numb hand, deformed hand
14:40-15:20 Common Injuries of the Hand
Fingertip loss, nail bed injury, tendon injury
15:20-15:40 Case Discussions
15:40-16:00 Feedback and Survey
19th OCTOBER 2019 , SATURDAY
WORKSHOP
08:00-08:30 Introduction - Health & Safety
08:30-09:00 Trigger Finger Release
09:00-09:30 De Quervain’s Release
09:30-10:00 Carpal Tunnel Release
10:00-10:30 Tea Break
10:30-11:00 Flexor tendon repair
11:00-11:30 Extensor Tendon repair
11:30-12:00 Ganglion Excision
12:00-12:30 Fingertip Injuries (FTSG)
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:00 V-Y Plasty
14:00-14:30 Cross Finger Flap
14:30-15:00 Tea Break
15:00-15:30 Mystery Injury
15:30-16:00 Homodigital Flap (Optional)
16:00-16:30 Feedback and Survey
16:30-17:00 Presentation of Certificates
Organisers:
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KTPH
Venue:
LECTURES
Training Rooms, Level 1,
Pre-Fab Building (behind Tower B)
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
90 Yishun Central Singapore 768828
WORKSHOP
Experimental Lab (Cadaveric), Tower B Level B1
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH)
90 Yishun Central, Singapore 768828
Level:
Residents, MOs and RPs in Hand, Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery or Emergency Department.
Pre-requisites:
Participants must be familiar with suturing techniques.
Limited to 20 places only
Format
This workshop will be conducted based on the flipped classroom concept. All lectures are available online and participants are expected to read and watch all videos as per the modules on hand surgery. During the workshop hands on skill will be performed by the participants with immediate feedback and practice.
Faculty
- Dr Rajaratnam Vaikunthan, Senior Consultant, KTPH
- Dr. Mala Satkunanantham, Consultant, TTSH
- Dr. Lim Jin Xi, Associate Consultant, NUHS
- Dr. Muntasir Choudhury, Associate Consultant, SKH
- Dr. Robert Yap, Consultant, SGH
- Dr. Sanjay Bajaj, Anaesthesia Consultant, KTPH
- Dr. Tong Pei Yein, Associate Consultant, KTPH
- Dr. Lai Jen Ming, Associate Consultant, TTSH
- Ms. Ramasamy Praba, Asst. Nurse Clinician, KTPH
Closing date: 1 October 2019
By registering for this event, you are deemed to have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy, which is available at https://www.ktph.com.sg/pdpa
Course Secretary: Mr Toh Yew Chin email : toh.yew.chin@ktph.com.sg | Ms Agnes Chua email : chua.agnes.lf@ktph.com.sg
