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The Association of Surgeons in Training Conference Abstracts

0049: LOCAL ANAESTHETIC TOXICITY: FOCUSED TEACHING IMPROVES SURGEONS’ KNOWLEDGE Usman Khalid , Aeliya Zaidi , Michael Lamyman , Marc Swan . 1 Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK; Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK. Aim: Local anaesthetic (LA) is routinely used by Plastic Surgeons. Toxicity can lead to potentially fatal complications. The aim of this audit was to determine the current awarenes...

Report from Association of Surgeons in Training Conference.

On 28 February and 1 March 2015, the annual Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) conference was held in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, attended by approximately 700 delegates. The educational programme included presentations regarding clinical updates, career planning and the current state of surgical training, as well as a variety of key lectures to promote dis...

Web-conference supervision for advanced psychotherapy training: a practical guide.

The advent of readily accessible, inexpensive Web-conferencing applications has opened the door for distance psychotherapy supervision, using video recordings of treated clients. Although relatively new, this method of supervision is advantageous given the ease of use and low cost of various Internet applications. This method allows periodic supervision from point to point around the world, wit...

Army Reconnaissance Course: Defining the Aim Point for Reconnaissance Leader Training

The new Army Reconnaissance Course (ARC) was specifically designed to meet the demands of today’s reconnaissance units. The ARC, which conducted its pilot course from 23 March to 21 April 2009, is completely new and unique and not based on reorganization or revision of an existing course. The intent for the course remains consistent with the original vision of Colonel (Retired) J.W. Thurman, wh...

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