BOFAS 2024 Guest Speakers BOFAS 2024 Guest Speakers Click here to see who the BOFAS 2024 guest speakers are! 20 October 2023 Read more
EFAS Council Member Nominations EFAS Council Member Nominations Deadline for submitting nominations October 15th, 2023. 05 September 2023 Send completed nomination forms with two references to Joris Hermus, EFAS Honorary Secretary (joris.hermus@gmail.com) and to EFAS secretarial support (efassecretary@mcocongres.com). Subject of email: Council Nomination – Elections 2023. Read more
New BOFAS Conference Page New BOFAS Conference Page Now Live! 30 June 2023 Visit here: https://www.bofas.org.uk/annual-meeting/ Read more
2Oct2025 BOFAS Principles Course - Dubai 02/10/2025 - 04/10/2025 Read more 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 Documents to download ACv3BOFAS-Principles-Course-Programme-DXB(.pdf, 2.13 MB) - 546 download(s) Read more
20Oct2025 BOFAS Principles Course Taunton 20/10/2025 - 21/10/2025 Read more 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) Documents to download BOFAS-Course-Programme--Taunton-2025(.docx, 31.88 KB) - 774 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 13 July 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2016, Poster The role of the virtual fracture clinic in the management of foot and ankle fractures: a review of patient outcomes and satisfaction D. Hawarden, M. Boyle, A. Robinson, N. Vasukutty, M. Ballal, A. Pillai Background: Most patients presenting to the emergency department with foot and ankle injuries can be managed as outpatients. Virtual fracture clinics (VFC) are becoming increasingly popular and help reduce the workload on outpatient clinics. Our study aimed to assess patient outcomes and satisfaction after discharge from a virtual fracture clinic without a face-to-face follow up. Patients and methods: 200 patients with foot and ankle injuries referred to the virtual fracture clinic over a period of 4 months from October 2015 to January 2016 were reviewed. Data regarding the number of subsequent clinic appointments was collected for both patients discharged from the VFC and those that were referred for follow up. Radiographs for both these groups of patients were reviewed. A telephone survey was conducted on 33 patients to assess their satisfaction. Results: 82 (41%) patients were discharged from the virtual fracture clinic without follow up. Of these, 4 (4.87%) patients needed to return to the clinic for further appointments and 6 (7.32%) required repeat imaging. Out of the 33 patients surveyed 94% rated the service as good or excellent and 97% said they would be likely or extremely likely to recommend the service to a family member or friend. Conclusions: The virtual fracture clinic in our institution is safe and effective with high patient satisfaction. Discharged patients have good outcomes with a very low percentage returning to clinic for further review or needing subsequent x-rays. VFC s will help bring down costs and improve the efficiency of our fracture clinics without compromising quality of care and maintaining high patient satisfaction rates. Print 522 Tags: FractureTrauma