Pre- and Post-Congress Workshops

This is a series of workshops before and after the 2-day main Scientific Congress.

Registration is opened on first-come, first-served basis. Successful registrants will be notified via email.

A) Best Oral Presentation - Allied Health

Date:	1 Sep 2014 (Mon)
Time:	11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue:	Academia, Auditorium
Fee:	NIL

Judges:

• Prof Julian Thumboo
  Head and Senior Consultant, Rheumatology & Immunology, Singapore General Hospital
  
  
• Assoc Prof Wong Wai Pong
  Programme Director, Academic Programmes, Singapore Institute of Technology
  
  
• Dr Catherine Cox
  Acting Head, Psychology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Click here to register. Please note that registration is on first-come-first-serve basis. 

B) 2nd SG-ASEAN Cadaveric Hernia Workshop & Live Surgery: Advancing Surgical Techniques in Hernia Repair

Date:	3 & 4 Sep 2014 (Wed & Thur)
Time:	8.00 am - 4 pm (3 Sep) 8.00 am - 1 pm (4 Sep)
Venue:	Academia, Procedural Skills Lab
Fee:	S$500* (Local Participant) S$1,000* (Overseas Participant)
	*Subject to GST
Fees charged are for participants who wishes to attend the Cadaveric Lab session on 4 Sep.

Workshop Highlights:

• Varying Approaches To Hernia Repair: Open versus Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
• Secure Posterior Repair from A Simple Anterior Approach: Why I Use the Ultrapro Hernia System
• TEP Technique
• TAPP Technique
• Live Surgery (TEP & TAPP Technique)
• Evolution of Mesh Fixation
• Parastomal Hernia: What Is Best?
• Ventral Hernia Repair: Why Laparoscopic?
• Endoscopic Component Separation: Improving Patient Outcomes?
• Deploying the UHS
• Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

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For registration and enquiries, please email to shsdn.scientificcongress@singhealth.com.sg by 20 August 2014.
 

C) Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) Workshop

Workshop Highlights:

• Address issues and concerns on the implementation of TH
• Understand and better manage complications of TH from medical and nursing perspectives
• Allow participants to have a better understanding of the functionalities of hypothermia devices

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For registration, please email the following information to nur.shahidah.ahmad@sgh.com.sg by
18 August 2014.

Workshop Title:
Full Name:
Contact Number:
Designation:
Department and Institution:
Email Address:

D) Master Class in CTG Interpretation

Date:	4 Sep 2014 (Thu)
Time:	8.00 am - 5.30 pm
Venue:	Academia, L1S3
Fee:	S$50 (excl. GST)
Max Capacity:	150 pax

Workshop Highlights:

• A one-day symposium comprising lectures, review of actual clinical scenarios and CTGs
• Medico legal aspects
• Pre and post course test to re-inforce learning

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For more information and registration, please email to Christine Liam at christine.liam.l.p@sgh.com.sg or contact Geetha/Phyllis at 6321 4673/6321 4667.

E) Management of the Diabetic Foot – A Synergy of Specialities

Date:	4 Sep 2014 (Thu)
Time:	9.00 am - 5.30 pm (Registration starts at 8.30 am)
Venue:	Academia, L2-S3
Fees:	Non-SingHealth S$85 (Members of Podiatry/SAOT/SPA) S$90 (Non-members of Podiatry/SAOT/SPA) Registration fee waived for SingHealth staff* *Fee of S$30 will be levied for no-show SingHealth staff

Workshop Highlights:

• The Diabetic Foot - A Ticking Time Bomb
• Wound Healing: A Trip Back to the Future
• Vascular Examination for the Diabetic Foot - A Review of the Evidence
• Endovascular Techniques for Revacularising the Diabetic Foot
• Antibiotic Management for Diabetic Foot Infections
• Are Lower Limb Bypasses a Thing of the Past?
• Offloading the Diabetic Foot Wound: 30 Years of Research in 30 Minutes
• The Evidence for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Free Flaps and SSG - Role in Diabetic Wound Management
• Microsurgery - It is Down to the Little Details for Limb Salvage
• Surgical Management of the Diabetic Foot - Prophalytic Surgery

Invited Speaker:

Professor David Armstrong
Professor of Surgery and Director
Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

* 4 CME points will be awarded. Pending accreditaton for CNE points.

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For registration, please email the following information to agnes.low.s.m@sgh.com.sg by 21 August 2014.

Workshop Title:
Full Name:
NRIC Number*:
Contact Number:
Designation:
Department and Institution:
Email Address:
Mailing Address*:
Podiatry/ SAOT/ SPA Membership Number:

*These information are meant for the workshop administration and billing purposes.

F) Best Oral Presentation - Nursing

Date:	4 Sep 2014 (Thu)
Time:	1.00 pm - 5.15 pm
Venue:	National Heart Centre Singapore, Auditorium
Fee:	NIL

Judges:

• Prof Margaret L. McClure
  Professor, College of Nursing, New York University
  
  
• Assoc Prof Vicki Blair Drury
  Consultant Academic, Singapore National Eye Centre
  & Principal Consultant, Educare Consulting Australia
  
  
• Dr Catherine Cox
  Acting Head, Psychology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

For nursing colleagues who are interested to attend the session, please contact your respective institutions'
Nursing Research Department.

To enquire about registration, please email Nurse Clinician, Fazila Abu Bakar Aloweni, at fazila.abu.bakar.aloweni@sgh.com.sg.

G) Writing a Grant on Interventional Trials in Health Services Research

Workshop Highlights:

• Identify the components of a research proposal and protocol especially if it relates to health
  services research trials and cluster randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
• Appreciate the difference between individual and cluster RCTs
• Explain the role of each part within the overall process of proposal/protocol development
• Understand the importance of clarity of thought

Date:	9 Sep 2014 (Tue)
Time:	9.00 am - 5.00 pm
Venue:	Academia, L2-S1
Fee:	S$40 per pax (excl. GST)
Max Capacity:	30 pax

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For registration, please submit the following documents to hssr@duke-nus.edu.sg by 1 June 2014.

(i) 2-page CV including any publications
(ii) Letter of intent stating why they wish to participate (250 - 400 words)
(iii) 3-page concept note of their proposal*

*This is only for participants who are interested in having their proposals used for discussion during
the session. 

Up to 6 grant proposals will be selected for feedback and to be used as case studies at the workshop.

 

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