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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)

¹Aintree University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

²Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

³University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom 

Winner of the BOFAS 2019 Second Prize (Podium)

¹University of Nottingham, Academic Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Sports Medicine, Nottingham, United Kingdom

²Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Therapy Services, Nottingham, United Kingdom

³Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Nottingham, United Kingdom 

¹Kings College Hospital, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

²Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom 

Winner of the BOFAS 2019 Chang Cheng Memorial Prize for Best Clinical Paper

¹George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuneaton, United Kingdom

²Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cairo, Egypt

³Ain Shams Univesity, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cairo, Egypt

⁴Swiss Ortho Center, Schmerzklinik Basel, Swiss Medical Network, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Basel, Switzerland 

¹Imperial College London, Department of Bioengineering, London, United Kingdom

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

³Fortius Clinic, London, United Kingdom 

¹University of Oxford, NDORMS, Oxford, United Kingdom

²Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom