17th November 2018

Allam Medical Building,University of Hull

Who is the course for?

The course is aimed at trainees of all levels and newly qualifiedneurosurgeons, with a focus on improving the outcomes and surgicalexperience for the surgeon and patient. 

Why attend?

How to register

As a neurosurgeon in training, you'll inevitably have to deal withcomplications, some minor, others more serious.  Get ahead of the curvewith this unique one day course.  Join us to find ways of  avoiding andmanaging  common and not-so-common neurosurgical  complications.    Youwill learn a range of tips and tricks to help you avoid pitfalls that can plaguea career. 

Hear from experienced neurosurgeons on cranial and spinal complications,a patient, as well as    experts on the psychological issues  and the medico-legal aspects of complications. 

The course is delivered via informal seminars and discussion groups, withample opportunities to discuss real-world complications with senior facultymembers.

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Tickets are subsidised with a cost to delegates of £50 per person.

If you have any enquiries please contact linda@olubajo.com

Programme

08:30    Registration

09:00    Welcome

09:15    Prevention of Complications                  Mr George Spink

09:45    Dealing with Complications

                  Mr Thomas Carroll

10:15    Break

10:35    Psychological Resilience: Helping surgeons when things go wrong                   Professor Kevin Turner

11:05    A Patient's Story

                 Patient

11:35    Legal Implications                   Professor Paul Marks

12:05    Lunch

13:05    Cranial Complications

                  Mr Atul Tyagi

13:35    Group Discussions (Cranial)

14:35    Spinal Complications                   Mr Vasileios Arzoglou

15:05    Break

15:25    Correct Spinal Level  

                  Mr Martin Drozda

15:55    Group Discussions (Spinal)

16:55    Summary and Close

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Faculty

Mr George Spink

A Consultant Neurosurgeon at Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Mr Spinkspecialises in complex spinal surgery and has a modest medico-legalpractice. He is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Tutor for the Hull YorkMedical School. 

Mr Thomas Carroll

Mr Carroll is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospital. Heis also  the Deputy Clinical Director and  specialises in skull-basedprocedures.

Professor Kevin Turner

Professor Turner is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Bournemouth, aVisiting Professor at Bournemouth University and co-founder of theBournemouth Adverse Events Research Team. He and colleagues in thePsychology Department at the University  undertook  a national survey  toinvestigate the  impact of adverse events on surgeons and are currentlytrialling a work-based intervention to enhance psychological flexibility andresilience.

Professor Paul Marks

Professor Marks trained in neurosurgery and held consultant posts in NewZealand, Leeds and Harrogate. He read law at Cardiff Law School and hassince become  Senior Coroner for the East Riding of Yorkshire and City ofKingston-Upon-Hull. He was the last medically qualified Coroner to beappointed to full time coronial jurisdiction. Professor Marks also  teachesmedical law to surgeons and he is course director for the Legal Aspects ofSurgical Practice course run by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 

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Mr Atul Tyagi

A Consultant Neurosurgeon at Leeds Teaching  Hospital, Mr Tyagispecialises in spinal dysraphism, brain tumours, pituitary surgery andendoscopic approaches, craniocervical junction surgery and vascularneurosurgery. 

Mr Vasileios Arzoglou

Mr Arzoglou is a  Consultant Neurosurgeon at Hull Royal Infirmaryspecialising in minimal invasive spinal surgery. He undertook  his higherspecialist training in complex spine, and also  Orthopaedic complex spinaltraining as a senior fellow.

Mr Martin Drozda

A Consultant Neurosurgeon at Hull Royal Infirmary, Mr Drozda specialisesin complex spinal surgery, minimal-invasive spinalsurgery,  intramural  spinal tumour surgery and Chiarimalformation/syringomyelia surgery. 

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Course organiser

Farouk Olubajo, Neurosurgical Registrar

Course administrator

Linda Olubajo (linda@olubajo.com)

The course is being held in the Allam Medical Building at the University ofHull. Free weekend parking is available. 

A campus map can be found on the University'swebsite: www.hull.ac.uk/editor-assets/docs/campus-map.pdf 

Hull is easily accessed by car - just two and a half hours from major citieslike Newcastle and Birmingham, less than two hours from Manchesterand  less than an hour's drive from Leeds and Sheffield. The University isalso accessible by rail with direct trains from London in as little as two and ahalf hours. The campus is a short taxi or bus journey from the interchange. 

Allam Medical Building,

University of Hull Cottingham Road Hull

HU6 7RX

Travel information

Staying over in Hull

Sponsors

If you're planning an overnight stay there are numerous hotels in andaround Hull City Centre, just a short journey from the University. 

Whilst you're here, why not make a weekend of it and visit Hull, City ofCulture 2017. There are a range of attractions including The Deep - a worldfamous aquarium, Ferens Art Gallery and five museums, with thespectacular Yorkshire Coast and the historic town of Beverley nearby.  Formore information visit www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com

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