This page shares some of the exciting and interesting work our resident doctors in KSS have done over the past two years.
Madeleine Garner wins “Best of the Best Session” at the BOA conference
After winning the KSS Orthopaedic Sam Simmonds Conference podium prize in May 2024, I was nominated by my TPDs to represent KSS trainees in the “Best of the Best” category at this year’s British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. The programme for the week was packed with thought provoking and inspiring speakers from across the globe, with educational content available for medical students, trainees and consultants . My presentation fitted nicely into the theme of the congress, titled “Local provision of ionising radiation personal protective equipment for female orthopaedic surgeons”.
This was a quality improvement project based upon the new BOA short life working group recommendations on what constitutes adequate ionising radiation protection for female orthopaedic surgeons. After demonstrating lack of local provision, with the vast majority of available tabard style gowns providing no coverage of the upper outer quadrant of the breast, the most common location for invasive breast carcinoma in women, we were able to gain funding to purchase two new gowns. These gowns were specifically designed to provide high axillary coverage, with an elasticated back to help contour around an individual’s body shape, whilst still maintaining freedom of movement.
Radiation exposure in orthopaedic theatres appeared to be a hot topic of the congress with two other presentations and a breakout room dedicated to the subject. I hope my short presentation helped raise awareness to the wider surgical community of the need for adequately fitting radiation gowns, especially for trainees who may rotate through different hospitals for short time periods. Ensuring all members of the surgical team feel safe and adequately protected from occupational exposures should go some way to help sustain and retain our skilled workforce.
Joseph Cairns, RCP KSS Prize Winner 2024
Congratulations to Joseph Cairns who has won the RCP KSS 2024 prize for his HEE funded year long quality improvement project. This had the dual aims of changing how we care for patients after they start haemodialysis, and improving the education of registrars on haemodialysis. Joseph was a KSS Renal/GIM trainee when he undertook the project, and has recently started as a Locum Renal Consultant at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
Read Joseph’s abstract here
KSS Annual Trainee Conference 2024
Here is a selection of the posters submitted to the KSS Annual Trainee Conference 2024. We had over 50 posters submitted, with a really high standard throughout. Congratulations to all who participated.
Post Mortems – an overview. – Dr Benjamin Stevens
Introduction of ward round proforma to improve the quality of documentation in Haematology – Alicia Pardo Rodriguez, Chloe Woolley, George Hogan, Sayantan Basu
A SERVICE EVALUATION OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO PATIENTS – Elizabeth Junaid, Mogbeyiteren Eyeoyibo
Look before you leap: A quality improvement project introducing ultrasound for difficult IV access to an FY1 doctor’s toolkit – Dr Shreya Saraf, Dr Reece Munson, Dr Fouad El-Hibri, Dr Pavithira Tharmapoopathy