DOCTORS PROGRAM

Day 1 - 17 NOVEMBER 2023
Time Min Topic
10.00 - 12.00 180 Building a career in Spine Surgery
12.00 -13.00 60 Lunch and Introduction
13.00 -18.00 60 Advanced spine drill workshop
60 Ultrasonic curator and cutter workshop
15 Tea Break
60 Dural repair workshop
60 Endoscopic Spine Workshop

Day 2 - Saturday 18 NOVEMBER 2023

Time Min Topic
08.30 - 08.45 10 Welcome and Introduction
08.45 - 08.55 10 Safe Spine surgery
09.00 - 13.30 40 Group 1 Microscope
40 Group 2 MIS retractors and accessories
40 Group 3 O Arm and Navigation
15 Tea Break
40 Group 4 Ultrasonic Cutter
40 Group 5 Robot in Spine surgery
40 Group 6 Spine Endoscope
13.30 -14.00 30 Lunch
14.30 -17.30 30 Group 1 SCS / Baclofen pump
30 Group 2 Spine table and accessories
30 Group 3 High Speed Burr
15 Tea Break
30 Group 4 Neuromonitoring
30 Group 5 Fluroscope
30 Group 6 Instrumentation in Osteoporosis
19.00 onwards Dinner and recreation

Day 3 - Sunday 19 NOVEMBER 2023

Time Min Topic Industry
07.30 - 08.30 60 Breakfast
8.30 - 9.45 Innovation & working with Industry
5 Introduction
10 Driving Innovation in Spine Through Collaboration Germany
10 Innovations in Instrumentation Germany
10 Enabling technologies in spine surgery Italy
10 Endoscopy advances and future USA
10 Metals / Implants / 3D printing Swiss
10 Virtual Reality and Digital Learning UK
10 AI in Spine Surgery USA
10 Discussion
09.45 - 10.00 15 Tea Break
10.00 - 11.30 90 Setting up operation theatre workshop
(Common - Doctors and Nurses)
11.30 - 12.30 60 Communication Workshop
12.30 - 13.30 60 Plan B Workshop
13.30 -14.00 30 Lunch
14.00 - 17.15 30 Group 1 Biomechanics of Spine
30 Group 2 Haemostasis in spine surgery
30 Group 3 Open Instrumentation
15 Tea break
30 Group 4 Bone Substitutes / Cement
30 Group 5 CSF Leak Management
30 Group 6 Osteoporosis management
17.15 End

Day 3 - Sunday 19 NOVEMBER 2023

Time Min Topic
07.30 - 08.30 60 Breakfast
08.30 - 09.45 85 Innovation & technology symposium with Industry
5 Introduction
10 Driving Innovation in Spine Through Collaboration
10 Innovations in Mobility Solutions
10 Enabling technologies in spine surgery
10 Endoscopy advances and future
10 Metals / Implants / 3D printing
10 Softwares and Digital Learning
10 Advances in Rehab Technology
10 AI assited technology in spine surgery
09.45 - 10.00 15 Break
10.00 - 11.30 90 Setting up operation theatre workshop
(Common - Doctors and Nurses)
11.30 - 13.30 120 Paramedical session
30 Pre op planning
30 Communication Exercise
10 C arm & radiation protection
10 Bleeding management
10 CSF Leak management
10 Bone cement preparation
10 Instruments sterilization
10 SOPs in the operating theatre
13.30 -14.00 30 Lunch
14.00 - 17.15 (Rotate) 30 G1 Basic Instruments
30 G2 MIS instruments
30 G3 Drill
30 G4 Miscropscope
30 G5 CUSA and Cutter
30 G6 Spine Endoscope
17.15 End
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Course Objectives

  • Positioning a patient safety for spine procedure
  • Understand how to setup you OT
  • Knowing your equipment in detail(microscope,drill)
  • In depth knowledge of products (sealants, haemostats)
  • Biomechanic and application (screws,hooks,cages)
  • Hands on workshop - Drill, Dural Repair, CUSA
  • Communication skills - complication, breaking bad news