Viking Surgeons Association - Thriving and Surviving in Remote and Rural General Surgery
26th January 2021
Overview
The Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare have partnered with the Viking Surgeons Association (VSA) to deliver a series of webinars focused on Rural Surgery, this webinar will present the following topics;
- Training implications
- Keeping up to date
- Accommodating different managerial structures and clinical teams
- Opening up opportunities for overseas work
Following part one, the webinar will continue with panel discussions, taking questions on;
- Preparing for a career in Rural General Surgery
- Keeping up with current practice in different specialties
- Operating on friends, people close to you and relatives
- Coping with specific stresses and the benefits of networking
- Education of children
- Employment of partner
- Living with the 'Goldfish bowl phenomenon’
- Dealing with complications
Panellists
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Alan Grant (Chair)
Consultant General Surgeon, Clinical director for Surgery, Anaesthesia and Critical care. -
Simon Cole
Consultant Surgeon -
David Sedgwick
Consultant Surgeon -
Kenneth Walker
Colorectal Surgeon and Associate Postgraduate Dean in Inverness -
Beatrix Weber
General, remote and rural surgeon -
Stuart Fergusson
Colorectal and General Surgeon
CPD
1 Hour
Registered attendees who connect for the full duration of the live webinar and have completed the post-event survey will be entitled to receive a CPD certificate. CPD certificates will be sent to the email address used to register for the webinar. We aim to send CPD certificates within 21 days of broadcast.
Recording
