22nd Infant Hip Ultrasound (GRAF Course) - UPDATE Course

This is an "UPDATE Course" that is only available to those that have previously attended the "West Dorset Basic Course in Infant Hip Ultrasound".

Seven CME points applied by the Royal College of Radiologists

Brief Description:

This UPDATE Course, previously run in Dorchester as the West Dorset Hip Update Course, is led by Professor Reinhard Graf, Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Graz, Austria.

Aims & Objectives:

• To ensure that participants are competent and confident in the technique of hip sonography.
• To address any pertinent technical or knowledge-related issues that participants are encountering.
• To discuss in greater depth the clinical and ultrasonic management of children with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (previously known as Congenital Dislocation of the Hip) including new developments.

Course Organisers:

• Mr Sandeep Hemmandi, FRCS (T&O), Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales
• Mr Philip Thomas, FRCS (T&O), Consultant Orthopaedic and Hip Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales
• Ms Claire Carpenter, FRCS (T&O), Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales

Suitable for:

• Multidisciplinary teams working with infant hip dysplasia.
• Orthopaedic Surgeons.
• Radiologists.
• Paediatricians.
• Sonographers.
• Physiotherapists.

There is flexibility to tailor the course to the needs of participants. Delegates are encouraged to bring with them a selection of their own images from both straightforward and problem cases.

Places available:

50 (Offered on a "first-come-first-served" basis)