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The aim is to give Overseas 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.

Venue - Le Meridien, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

These courses are aimed at Higher Surgical Trainees / ST3 onwards and are designed to teach the core of Foot and Ankle surgery in an informal and interactive environment. The emphasis is on clinical examination cases, discussion groups and typical day-to-day clinic scenarios. Although not an exam preparation course, content is taught to the standard expected in the FRCS(Tr & Orth) exam; that of a day-one non-specialist orthopaedic consultant. Applications will open on 1st September 2023.

Venue - Taunton (TBC)

¹Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

²Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

UK Infinity Study Group

Joint Winner of the BOFAS 2022 Chang Cheng Memorial Prize for Best Clinical Paper

¹Nottingham University Hospitals, Foot and Ankle Unit, Nottingham, United Kingdom

¹Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

²Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2022 Klenerman Prize for Best Basic Science Paper

¹NYU Langone, Orthopedic Surgery, NYC, United States

²SAANA El Golf Clinic, Orthopedic Surgery, Lima, Peru 

³Roosevelt Hospital, Orthopedic Surgery, Guatemala, Guatemala

⁴Hospital Du Valais, Orthopedic Surgery, Sion, Switzerland

¹Queens University Hospital Romford BHR NHS Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom