'Elite Sports Update' 24 03 09

Orthteam Educational Meeting

Tuesday 24th March 2009
at Mere Golf & Country Club, WA16 6LJ

This was a closed meeting, by invitation only, to those members of the medical profession who look after professional and elite amateur teams.

This was our second Sports Injury Update meeting in a series of educational lectures and we will be holding a similar meeting in September.

• Mike Hayton  -  The Wrist - TFCC in a nutshell   
• Phil Turner  -  Patellar dislocation   
• Nick Phillips   -  Distal biceps injuries at the elbow  
• Jon Borrill   -  Patellar tendonosis - 'Jumpers knee'   
• John Somauroo  -  Preventing sudden cardiac death 
• Adam Hoad-Reddick  -  Piriformis Syndrome - a pain in the butt!
• Len Funk  -  Biceps problems of the shoulder (no SLAPs)   
• Stuart Clark  -  Facial trauma  - Who needs an x-ray & who needs to be seen
• Matt Ravenscroft  -  Acute shoulder dislocation
• Tim Clough  -  Achilles rupture - do they all need fixing? 

Guest Lecturers:

• John Somauroo, Consultant Cardiologist

• Stuart Clark, Consultant Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeon

Number of delegates at this event - 190

Certificates of attendance were available for this meeting.

Our delegates received a welcome pack with sports bag, bottle and towel.

Many thanks to our sponsors:-

TRB Chemedica
Harvard Healthcare
Orthoteers
Amazon Medical
Mobilis
Smith & Nephew

& thanks to BMI Alexandra Hospital for their support

Feedback

Comments made following this meeting:-

Excellent presentations, nice venue and food
Diversity in topics
Thanks for the great meeting last night
Well presented (each presentation)
Diverse well presented talks, good venue and good food
Good clinical content
Too many lectures, too much to take in
Would prefer less presentations in more depth
Great topics
All very good
Room too cold!
Great evening, excellent food
John Somauroo and Stuart Clark lectures particularly interesting and useful
Good focused information
Short sharp presentations
Good range of topics
Just wanted to thank you for arranging my place at the meeting last night, it was very interesting
Good to have different speakers - keeps you interested
John Somauroo presentation was excellent
Good range of topics, good food
Short succinct talks - cover detail but maintain interest
Great event last night, well done with all the organisation and thanks
Thanks for organising the seminar, it went very smoothly
Many thanks for our invitation to this event, it was both informative and enjoyable
Good collection of people speaking and attending
Concise presentations over broad topics
Rapid informative lectures
Excellent administration, content, venue and event overall
Really good level of information being directed at appropriate level for audience
Excellent mixture
Good presentations, well presented
Great access to Orthteam
Well organised, good level of information
Great variety of speakers
Very informal, excellent venue and good range of topics covered
The event was run very well, thank you

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