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)

¹Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

²Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

³Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

²Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2022 Fifth Prize (Podium)

¹Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

²Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

³Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Third Prize (Podium)

¹Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Orthopaedics, Nottingham, United Kingdom

¹King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

¹Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northumbria, United Kingdom

²University of York, York, United Kingdom

³Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

⁴Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) Collaborative, United Kingdom

⁵Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Network (CORNET), North East, United Kingdom

⁶South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Middlesborough, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2024 Second Trainee Prize (Podium)