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On Saturday 19 November 2022, The Faculty of Perioperative Care are pleased to be hosting their 8th Annual Conference in person at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. This will be an opportunity for delegates to network and hear from influential speakers across the field.
The conference theme, ‘The Surgical Multidisciplinary Team: delivering safe, skilled, and effective care’ will focus on career progression for various practitioner groups whilst exploring the benefits of working collectively in a modern surgical team.
Delegates will hear personal experiences of the challenges faced from the perspective of a Surgical First Assistant (SFA) and a consultant and a surgical trainee’s experience of working with non-medical practitioners. In addition, delegates will hear presentations on the need for a professional indemnity cover and much more.
The Co-Convenors for the day will be, Ms Susan Hall, Associate Lecturer in Surgical Care Practice at Anglia Ruskin University and Prof. Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy, Professor in Nursing and Surgical Practice.
There is a discounted fee for FPC affiliates and members and an opportunity to receive 6 CPD points.
Programme
Full details about sessions and speakers can be found in the conference programme here.
Abstracts
There will be an opportunity for successful candidates to present their work on the theme of ‘the contribution of the interprofessional team to the care of surgical patients.’ Depending on the standard of submission, successful candidates will have the opportunity to deliver either a short podium presentation or display of a ‘hard copy’ poster.
Abstracts should be emailed to education@rcsed.ac.uk
The closing date for abstract submissions is 17:00 GMT, Friday 30 September 2022.
Full abstract guidelines can be accessed here.