Meetings Roundup360: BOA Instructional Course

Abstract

The British Orthopaedic Association’s Instructional Course 2015 took place over the weekend of 10-11 January at the Manchester Conference Centre, taking on a bold new format. Intended not only as a preparation for the FRCS(Orth), the instructional course is designed to provide a rolling programme of education suitable for trainees at all stages. Expert lectures were strongly supplemented by detailed case reviews and discussions, but the most significant change came in the introduction of critical condition Case-Based Discussions (CBD). Delegates were asked to choose four topics from a selection of a possible eight critical conditions, giving them the opportunity to achieve the standard required for Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in each. Notification of which CBDs were to be offered was sent out in advance of the …