BOFAS Partner Society International Principles Courses

 

Principles Course Africa - in collaboration with COSECSA

Date of next course 27th, 28th, 29th August 2025 - Nigeria. 

 

           

The BOFAS principles course is an exciting 3 day course designed to teach the important principles and core concepts of foot & ankle surgery in a informal and interactive environment. There is emphasis on clinical examination of cases and small discussion groups and opportunity for simulating exam conditions.The course includes 2 days of lectures, case discussion, clinical case presentations and examination of patients, plus a final cadaveric teaching day.

 

Principles Course India - in collaboration with IFAS

Date 27th - 28th June 2025 - Bengaluru

 

                                                                                                                                           

The success of the UK-based BOFAS Principles in Foot & Ankle Surgery Course has been continued in India since 2017.

The inaugural course was hosted in Delhi in 2017 and has subsequently been held in Bangalore (2018 & 2019).  The course maintains the structure of the principles course with 2 days of lectures and examination skills and a third day of cadaver-based surgical approaches and techniques.  The course continues to evolve but includes topics on infection and neglected trauma which are much more common than in the UK.

Faculty has comprised of members of both the Indian & British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Societies with Dr Balvinder Rana, from New Delhi, acting as course co-convenor.  Delegates have been made up of Indian trainees and newly-appointed consultants.  

Due to the global pandemic, a face-to-face course was impossible in 2022.  However we were able to host a virtual Zoom-based day of teaching using both British and Indian faculty.  Short ‘core’ lectures were combined with small-group breakout room case-based discussion.  While it was disappointing, but inevitable, that a full course could not run in 2020/2021 the socially-distanced version was well received and will possibly continue in some guise in the future.

The 2025 course will be run in Bengaluru as a face to face meeting. Details for application can be found on the IFAS Website https://ifas.in/#home

 

BOFAS would like to thank Lavender Medical & Biotek for supporting the funding for this course.

 

Other International Courses

 

Principles Course UAE

Date 2-4 October 2025 - Le Meridien, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

The BOFAS Education Committee has run The Principles course since 2011 across the UK. The aim is to give Trainee Orthopaedic Surgeons a solid grounding in the principles and the decision making in Foot & Ankle Surgery.

There is an emphasis on clinical examination of cases, small group discussions and learning surgical approaches in the cadaver lab. 

This is the first course BOFAS is running in UAE and the aim is to expand the Foot and Ankle education and training in the Middle East and Gulf area.

The faculty have been selected for either their extensive surgical experience in the UAE or as expert teachers of Foot & Ankle Surgery in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is a very international faculty from across the world. The BOFAS Principles course prides itself on the low number of trainees per faculty teacher.

The course includes 2 days of lectures, case discussion, clinical case presentations and examination of patients, plus a final cadaveric teaching day.