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)

¹Alneelain University, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Khartoum, Sudan

²Bashaer University Hospital, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Khartoum, Sudan

¹Imperial College London, Surgery and Cancer, London, United Kingdom

²Department of Plastic Surgery, Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust, UK, Salisbury, United Kingdom

³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom

⁴The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, UK, London, United Kingdom

⁵Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, UK, Warwick, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Chang Cheng Memorial Prize for Best Clinical Paper

¹NYU Langone Health, Orthopaedics, New York, United States

²Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, United States

¹Freeman Hospital, MSK, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

¹Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

² ExplantLab, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

³Northumbria NHS Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Klenerman Prize for Best Basic Science Paper

¹Nottingham University, Orthopaedics - Foot and Ankle, Nottingham, United Kingdom