Description

Many medical schools in the United Kingdom offer little exposure to the specialist field of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery; however, It is one of the fastest growing specialties, with principles and concepts that can be applied across the breadth of surgery.

Almost every surgeon will come into contact with this specialty at some point during their career.

Entering its 11th successful year, the conference aims to introduce and teach students and junior doctors the key components of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

It endeavours to cover the majority of subspecialties, offering high quality interactive lectures, tutorials and practical sessions specifically tailored to make juniors more confident in their plastic surgery rotations.

UPRAS has a programme that has been constructed in conjunction with, and delivered by, some of the most prominent consultant plastic surgeons and trainees in the country.

topics covered
Introductions to the core areas of plastic surgery
Guidance on the plastic surgery training pathway
Technical skills through practical surgical workshops
abstract submissions
Abstracts are being invited for oral and poster presentations at this meeting. Abstracts on all medical/surgical topics will be accepted and there is no limit on the number of abstracts individual can submit.

If you wish to submit an abstract, please state whether you would like to be considered for poster or oral presentation. Please note, the word limit for the abstracts is 300 words.

Abstracts submission deadline is Sunday 15 October 2018. For further information or to submit, please contact plastic.surgery@rsm.ac.uk.

agenda
Morning lectures

8.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee

8.50 am
Welcome and introduction to UPRAS

Mr Navid Jallali, President of Plastic surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Royal Free Hospital

9.00 am
Acute management of burns

Mr Jorge Leon-Villapalos, Consultant in Plastic surgery and Burns, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

9.30 am
Hand surgery

Ms Lauren Uppal, Consultant in Plastic surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10.00 am
Breast reconstruction

Speaker invited

10.30 am
Tea and coffee break

Poster exhibition

11.00 am
Trauma in plastic surgery

Speaker invited

11.30 pm
Plastic surgery as a career and current training programme

Mr Simon Wood, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

12.00 pm
How to secure a plastic surgery training number

Ms Priyanka Chadha, Specialist Registrar in Plastic surgery, London

12.30 pm
Case presentations

1.30 pm
Lunch and poster exhibition

Practical session

2.15 pm
Practical workshops

4 groups of 45 minutes sessions

Tendon repair

Suturing

Z-Plasty

Local flaps

5.15 pm
Close of meeting