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ESS 2018

Enhanced Surgical Skills Program

Banff Park Lodge -  Jan 17 & 18 2018

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Sponsored by:

          

              

Full Program and Syllabus

*Schedule subject to change.


WEDNESDAY EVENING – JANUARY 17TH

18:00   Registration (Glacier Salon)

19:00   Dinner: “Access to Rural Surgical Care; Why does it Matter:”

            Dr. N. Caron

20:00   Meet and Greet


THURSDAY JANUARY 18TH (All sessions in the Summit Room unless otherwise noted.

07:00   Registration and Breakfast (Glacier Salon)

07:45   Welcome
            Dr. N. Caron

08:00   Remote Presence Robotic Technology and its Potential for Delivery of Remote and Rural Health Care ( Live Surgery connection to     U of S)
            Dr. I. Mendez        

08:45   OMG: What just happened? The Day in the OR you never want to have!
            Dr. M. Pienaar

09:30   Coaching for ESS, FPA, and OR Nurses
            Dr. N. Humber


10:00   BREAK


10:30   Laproscopic Pearls

            Dr. N. Mehra


11:00   Elevated BMI in the OB patient: How Large a Problem? – Panel

            Dr. E. Button (ESS), Dr. K. MaCarroll (GPA), Dr. M. Pienaar (OB)

11:30   CAC: Changes Coming to ESS
            Dr. R. Wyman, CFPC

12:00   LUNCH / OR NURSES NETWORKING LUNCH (Glacier Salon)

 

PHYSICIAN STREAM


13:00   Fundamentals of Electrosurgical Energy in the OR
            Dr. N. Mehra
13:45   Surgical OB Pearls: Alarm update, Intra Oper-active
            hemorrhage, 3/4th degree tears,  the dreaded angle extension.
            Dr. J. Christilaw

NURSES STREAM  


13:00      Focus Groups on Quality Improvement in Rural OR Nursing: extended scope of practice, pearls from the field, practice supports, and more.
              (In the LYNX Salon)

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RN Resource Materials

 

14:30   BREAK

15:00   Management of Hand Injuries
            Dr. S. Johnston

15:30   CNIS: Global Surgery in Low Resource Settings
            Dr. J. Christilaw

15:50   Improving Rural Trauma Outcomes –
   
Local Damage Control? (Panel)
            Dr. R. Simons (Trauma Surgeon), Dr. V. Vogt Haines (ESS), Dr. K McCarroll (FPA)


16:30   WRAP UP FOLLOWED BY OPTIONAL CME DINNER

 

OPTIONAL EVENTS

Thursday Dinner – January 18th
(Black Bear Room)

18:00   Dinner Global Surgery: The CPD experience
            Can it be Win/Win for both countries?

            Dr. Ray Markham, Dr. Bret Batchelor, Dr. Brian Geller




Friday Morning – January 19th
(Crave Private Room)

08:00   Networking Breakfast
            Potpourri of issues facing ESS led by Dr. S. Iglesias

We hope to have some international attendance, including the USA and Australia. Please register separately


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