Registrar Meeting in Association with Cardiff Spinal Unit
September 1st, 2010
Scoliosis in the Young
On behalf of the Cardiff Spinal Unit, Surgi C are pleased to be organising the first Registrar Training Meeting, which is focusing on Scoliosis in the Young.
The meeting will be held on 18-19th November 2010 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff and is open to all registrars and fellows across the UK. The meeting will be structured as below:
- Thursday AM: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Thursday PM: Neuro Muscular Scoliosis
- Friday AM: Early Onset Scoliosis
All sessions will follow the following structure with aim to be as interactive as possible:
- A lecture about the condition, including approaches etc.
- Lecture and discussion about the evidence base.
- Case based discussions that will encourage open discussion; to be lead by the delegates with support from the faculty.
Course Convenor: Sashin Ahuja Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
Invited Faculty
- Mr Paul Rhys Davies, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
- Mr John Howes, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
- Mr Alwyn Jones, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
- Mr Iqroop Chorpa, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
- Mr Stuart James, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
Plus other guest speakers to be announced
If you would like to reserve a place or would like any further information, please contact Jennifer Wright, Marketing Communications Manager on 07919 020006 or Jennifer.wright@surgi-c.com.
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Surgi C Academy
August 3rd, 2010
Surgi C has just launched their Academy! The Academy has been developed to formalise all the education and training provided by Surgi C in one area. The services provided by the Surgi C Academy include:
- Strong links with the Royal College of Surgeons and the courses that are provided
- Theatre Practitioner Training courses
- Surgeon Training
- Registrar Training
- Annual Symposium
All the training and education provided is of the highest quality and is driven by the demands of the customers that the Surgi C team meet on a daily / weekly basis. However, we are always open to new ideas for training courses, so please feel free to email marketing@surgi-c.com with any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations or requests.
We look forward to seeing you at one of the educations events in the near future.
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2 More Theatre Practitioner Dates Annouced…
July 22nd, 2010
We have just agreed to run to more theatre practitioner training dates, which are:
- 27th October 2010 in Manchester
- 3rd November 2010 in Kent
The venues for these events are yet to finalised, but will be posted as soon as they are decided. I am sure these training sessions will be as interesting and fun filled as the previous.
For further information on any training event, please contact marketing@surgi-c.com.
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Cost Effective Clinical Solutions ….
July 20th, 2010
On the back of launching our Cost Effective Clinical Solutions, we have had some interesting conversations with NHS procurement managers across the UK and are really starting to get an insight into the pressures that the NHS are under. Although we have packed our more generic products that are priced very competitively within the market place, we can’t help but wonder if there is any other service / product that we can provide?
These discussions fall in line with the white paper that was launched last week ‘equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’ and hopefully Surgi C can continue to work Trusts to help deliver their targets, in line with this paper.
We are always open to suggestions as to how we can improve the services that we offer, so please feel free to contact us with any comments.
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The 2nd Surgi C Symposium – Another Success
July 13th, 2010
The 2nd Surgi C Symposium witnessed lively debate on array of topics and included a presentation by Key Note Speaker Prof Rauschning and an update from BUPA.
The symposium was held in Stratford upon Avon on 8-9th July and was chaired by Mr Paul Rhys Davies from Cardiff. Delegates attended from across the UK and all came prepared with a case study of their choice, which encouraged animated debates. These case studies provided lively discussion, where it was commented that ‘very rarely do I attend an event where the delegates speak more than the speaker’. There was also the opportunity for updates on case studies that were presented at the first Symposium for those who had the opportunity to attend both events.
Prof Rauschning presented his world renowned didactic slides on spinal anatomy, which focused on ‘Motion-Preserving Spinal Implants: Pathoanatomical Considerations’. We would like to thank Prof Rauschning for taking the time to present his incredably detailed slides.
In light of the changes with privalty insured patients, we took this opportunity to invite BUPA to present on the changes that they have recently made. This includes the appintemnt of Dr Johann Carinus to work with clinicians to ensure that BUPA try to provide a good level of service to all their stakeholders. This provided a great forum for discussion and enabled delegates to feedback directly to BUPA their concerns and issues.
The 2nd Surgi C Symposium has received positive feedback, specifically ‘when is the next one’, for which the date will be published in the coming months. Surgi C looks forward to being able to provide more forums for educational discussion and development in the future.
We look forward to seeing you at the next event.
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East Meets West ….
July 1st, 2010
This year’s South West Spine Meeting was held in Newquay at the end of June and was organised with surgeons from the East Anglia area being invited, which proved too be a great success.
Thank you to the team who organised it this year and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting.
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Another successful theatre practitioner course!
June 22nd, 2010
The second Surgi C theatre practitioner was held on 17th June. This time the venue was Cardiff, with delegates travelling from as far afield as Plymouth. The feedback for the day was very positive, where most people felt that the day was ‘enjoyable course, good fun and informative’.
It was also commented that the topics providing revision sessions on ‘anatomy of the spine and pathology’ were most useful. Interestingly, the only area that was highlighted for improvement was a request for a test, which will look to be built into future training sessions.
Another remark was ‘when is the next one?’ and we are pleased to announce that the next training course is on 14th October in Birmingham. For more information on this training course or any other courses, please contact marketing on 0121 222 5692 or marketing@surgi-c.com.
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ORP Spine Foundation Course
June 21st, 2010
Surgi C are pleased to be sponsoring the ORP Spine Foundation Course at Nottingham on 1-2nd October 2010.
The course has been designed as a refresher on skills and techniques used in spinal surgery. There will also be tips and tricks available from the sponsors on their products.
For further information, please check out their website – https://reg.istrations.com/delegate/events/NCBORP
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First a Blog, now twitter…
June 21st, 2010
Surgi C are excited to annouce that we now have a twitter site – https://twitter.com/SurgiCSpine.
It is envisaged that the updates on twitter will provide an interesting and important medium of communicating changes that are occurring within the spinal industry. The intention is that these updates will be of importance to all those who have an interested in spinal surgery.
We are looking forward to your comments on the blog or twitter.
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A new addition to the team…
June 17th, 2010
We are pleased to announce a new addition the Sales Team, John Sorzano. John’s appointment strengthens the sales team and will help ensure that first class service and support is provided for all of our customers, both current and prospective.
John will be working in the London area and has a background in Medical Sales, including Laparoscopic equipment.
Good luck John
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