Workshop
The Core Skills: Workshop in Neck Dissection for Thyroid Carcinoma aims to increase the confidence and expertise of the participant when performing neck dissection for thyroid carcinoma.
Suitable for: Consultants, Fellows, RMOs, Unaccredited Registrars & SET Trainees in Endocrine, General and Head & Neck Surgery. IMGs under supervision or progressing towards an alternative pathway to FRACS., Limited free of charge assistant Theatre Nurse positions available.
Dates
About
This highly practical cadaveric workshop features concurrent full day Surgical Trainee level and Consultant/Fellow level practical sessions in the steps and techniques of radical neck dissection for thyroid carcinoma. An expert Faculty will mentor the dissection and provide expert, practical feedback to participants. Each session is tailored to provide participants with appropriate surgical training for their level of ability and skill set. The workshop includes an interactive faculty panel discussion covering expert advice and alternative radical neck dissection techniques.
The cadaveric models provide excellent anatomical realism and near normal tissue properties for repeated practise.
Workshop Content
There will be two participants per Consultant/Fellow senior cadaveric work station.
Limited places are available for RMOs, Unaccredited Registrars and SET Trainees in General Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery, with three participants per Surgical Trainee level cadaveric work station.
Limited places are also available for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Video presentations and practical cadaveric sessions:
- Raise skin flaps
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) dissection
- Posterior triangle dissection / thoracic duct dissection
- Carotid sheath dissection
- Contralateral modified radical neck dissection
- Total thyroidectomy - lateral and superior pole dissection and inferior and recurrent nerve dissection
Workshop Inclusions
- Online pre-reading
- Fresh frozen human cadaveric dissection
- Didactic sessions
- All meals and refreshments
2025 Fee
WA Consultants and Fellows: $1255
Non-WA Consultants and Fellows: $1445
WA RMOs, Unaccredited Registrars and Trainees: $650
Non-WA RMOs, Unaccredited Registrars and Trainees: $750
Theatre Nurses: Free of charge
COVID-19 Information for Workshop Participants
Workshop content, date and convenors may be subject to change or cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances.
Accreditations or CPD Approvals
Attaining 7 hours of Continuing Professional Development. Reaccreditation will be sought with the AMA's CPD Home for 2025.
Testimonials
"As close to real dissection as tissue can be. "
"A good refresher for procedures not done in a long time, for example submandibular gland dissection. "
"Very good specimens and a well equipped lab."
- 2024 Workshop Participants
Venue
CTEC
The University of Western Australia
Entrance No.2 Hackett Drive, Crawley
Perth, Western Australia
For more information contact
John Linehan
Senior Course Coordinator
T +61 8 6488 8049
E john.linehan@uwa.edu.au
CTEC acknowledges the support of the following:
