BOFAS Journal Club

During the COVID-19 pandemic, BOFAS responded to the need to keep our members both updated with knowledge and feeling connected. We have adopted a series of novel approaches to online education.

EdComm and SciComm launched a new joint initiative in April 2021 and this has been very successfully received. The concept is a BOFAS Journal Club, to which all Consultant members are invited to discuss academic papers on key subjects in Foot & Ankle. This initiative aims to connect our Consultant members together in a discussion of interesting new and classic academic papers, across the full range of topics in Foot & Ankle Surgery. Every two months, the hour long webinar will present the aims, strengths and weakness of the papers, along with reflections from the senior authors themselves from across the world. The Moderators co-ordinate live questions and explore how the papers have moved forward our clinical practice.

Key Highlights:

This series is aimed at Consultant level.
We invite the key authors, who are leaders in the field from all over the world.
Each webinar is one hour long.
The series is run alternate months.
There are two co-chairmen, who will facilitate and direct questions submitted from the members.
There is an over arching theme for each webinar, which will link together two or three papers. Each paper will need 20 minutes or so for presentation, reflections from the author, questions from members and learning points.

Please note that due to copyright issues, we are unable to distribute the articles to the membership. Kindly request the above articles through your Trust and peruse them prior to the session.

Forthcoming Journal Clubs

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Moderators:	TBC
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Invited Senior Authors:	TBC

Papers:

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Registration TBC

Previous BOFAS Journal Club Events:

Click here for the entire playlist on Youtube

div>Journal Club 19: " Is There Poetry in Motion? The Importance of Joint Mobilisation After Ankle Fracture ORIF"

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 29th October 2025
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Is There Poetry in Motion? The Importance of Joint Mobilisation After Ankle Fracture ORIF.
Invited Senior Authors:	Carolyn Chadwick & Ben Ollivere

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 28th May 2025
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Walking the Tightrope? The Management of Syndesmotic Ankle Instability.
Invited Senior Authors:	Lyndon Mason & Nick Harris

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 26th March 2025
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Propping Up The Bar? The Changing Management of Tarsal Coalition.
Invited Senior Authors:	Vincent S Mosca & Mohamed Mokhtar Abd-Ella

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 19th November 2024
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Achilles Heals? Treatment and Outcomes of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
Invited Senior Authors:	Sebastian Baumbach & Sunil Dhar

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 25th September 2024
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Weight and extraneous measures? Issues in perioperative management of ankle fracture?
Invited Senior Authors:	Chris Bretherton & Muhamed Farhan-Alanie / Matt Costa

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 22nd May 2024
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	A bitter-sweet journey: managing hindfoot problems in diabetic patients.
Invited Senior Authors:	Venu Kavarthapu & Alex Wee

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 13th February 2024
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Weightbearing CT: A Light Shining in the Darkness
Invited Senior Authors:	Francois Lintz & Ali Najefi

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 22nd November 2023
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Prosthetic Joint Infection
Invited Senior Authors:	Alessio Bernasconi & Markus Walther

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 13th September 2023
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	The Arthroereisis Screw: God's Gift or the Work of Satan?
Invited Senior Authors:	Nick Cullen & Francois Lintz

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 17th May 2023
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Nijil Vasukutty
Topic:	Minimally Invasive Techniques in Hindfoot Surgery
Invited Senior Authors:	Mike Butler & Bob Sharpe

Date/Time:	Monday, 11th July 2022
Moderator:	David Loveday
Topic:	Achilles Tendon Rupture Management
Invited Senior Authors:	Anne-Marie Hutchinson & Rebecca Kearney

Date/Time:	Thursday, 21st April 2022
Moderator:	Ian Sharpe
Topic:	Which 1st MTPJ Arthroplasty?
Invited Senior Authors:	Chris Blundell & Tim Clough

Date/Time:	Thursday, 20th January 2022
Moderators:	Callum Clarke & David Townshend
Topic:	Ankle Arthritis
Invited Senior Authors:	Ian Winson & Sunil Dhar

Date/Time:	Thursday, 18th November 2021
Moderators:	Stephen Bendall & Andrew Bing
Topic:	Adult Flat Foot
Invited Senior Authors:	Mike Hennessy & Mark Myerson

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 8th February 2023
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Sarah Johnson-Lynn
Topic:	Platelet Rich Plasma in the Foot & Ankle
Invited Senior Authors:	Tim Clough & Joseph Alsousou

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 11th October 2022
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Jit Mangwani
Topic:	3D Printing in Hindfoot Surgery
Invited Senior Authors:	Mark Davies & Selene Parekh

Date/Time:	Thursday, 9th September 2021
Moderators:	James Ritchie & Togay Koç
Topic:	Lis Franc Injuries
Invited Senior Authors:	Chris Coetzee & Jit Mangwani

Date/Time:	Thursday, 17th June 2021
Moderators:	Dave Townshend & Con Loizou
Topic:	Controversies with Morton's Neuromata
Invited Senior Authors:	Maneesh Bhatia & Mattias Rab

Date/Time:	Thursday, 22nd April 2021
Moderators:	Paul Halliwell & Rajesh Kakwani
Topic:	Advances in Hindfoot Deformity Correction
Invited Senior Authors:	Paul Cooke & Ian Winson