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Thriving and Surviving in Remote and Rural General Surgery
26th January 2021 at 19:00 GMT
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
Alan Grant (Chair) Consultant General Surgeon, Clinical director for Surgery, Anaesthesia and Critical care, Highland
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

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Monthly Webinar - December

12/8/2020

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Monthly Webinar - November ENT Emergencies

11/18/2020

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VSA Surgical Specialty Emergencies in the Rural Unit Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery Webinar

Wednesday 25 November 2020 19.00 GMT

Presented by RCSEd's Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) on behalf of the Viking Surgeons Association, the next webinar in this series will explore the management of Ears, Nose and Throat Surgical emergencies in the remote and rural setting.

The webinar will discuss the main life-threatening emergencies encountered in ENT including epistaxis, post-operative bleeding and airway problems.

Programme:
As chaired by Alan Grant, General Surgeon in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness and Clinical Director for Surgery in the Highlands.
Angus Cain - Tonsil bleeds and epistaxis
Aidah Isa - Airway problems
Kushik Lalla - ENT Telemedicine: highlighting collaborative care in remote and rural Scotland
Q&A session
The webinar will be delivered via Zoom and is suitable for anyone who manages ENT challenges in a remote and rural setting.

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Monthly Webinar: October

10/19/2020

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Virtual Viking Surgeons Association Annual Conference 2020

8/25/2020

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Annual Conference 15th to 17th September 2020

5/20/2020

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In line with many events this year, we have had to cancel our annual gathering which was to take place in Inverness at the end of October.
Instead we are planning three 1 hour long Webinars on the evenings of Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th September, hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. We will include topics such as Trauma in rural areas, Rural General Surgery and Sub-specialties in the Rural Hospital. Our aim is to provide a program of interest to Rural General Surgeons in the UK, trainees in general surgery, and the many Rural Surgeons practicing thoughout the world
Further detail soon on this site and the Edinburgh College Website

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Annual Conference Inverness 29-30th October 2020

4/21/2020

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This year our meeting will be held in the Health Sciences building, Raigmore, Inverness. It is being held a little later in the year to fit in with the Surgical Training programme. Trainees are welcome to attend the whole meeting or come for the day on Thursday 29th

Details to follow

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Annual Conference 2019

5/3/2019

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From Josep, conferene organiser:
Dates
The meeting will take place in Siglufjördur/Iceland between Wednesday, September 4th and Friday 6th.. It starts     -   as usual with the golf on Wednesday!

Travel
There are innumerable flights from UK   -   and European cities   - to Keflavik/Reykjavik, Iceland. There are flights from Keflavik to Akureyri     - where we had a meeting in 2009     -   , and Siglufjördur is about 78 km north of Akureyri    -    there are buses, of course. And, of course, renting a car and driving through the Icelandic scenery is a good option.

Venue
Siglohotel, Siglufjordur. http://www.siglohotel.is/ Your hotel. On that location there was a „barrack“ where the „herring girls“ stayed during the herring season. My friend Robert bought the old house    -    which was in a very poor state    - had it demolished and built the hotel, but kept the architectonic style when it was designed.
Booking room is easiest by e – mail : siglohotel@siglohotel.is , tel. +354 4617730, and don‘t forget to mention the Viking Surgical Club and the dates.

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