GP teaching day with Nuffield Health
A HOT topics teaching day for GPs has been organised by Nuffield Health Cardiff & Vale Hospitals for Wednesday, November 30 at Cardiff City Stadium. The hot topics covered will be men’s health, shoulder conditions, ophthalmology, gallstones and hernia surgery.
Specialists who work with the Nuffield Health private hospitals in Cardiff Bay and the Vale of Glamorgan will provide workshops for local GPs and trainees to participate in and discuss example cases.
Utilising the fantastic conference facilities at Cardiff City Stadium, consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Rhys Williams will start the day focusing on shoulder examination and how to manage a range of upper limb conditions for patients coming to the GP surgery.
It will help GPs to undertake a physical examination and perform injections to relieve painful joints. Session trainer Rhys Williams has his NHS practice based at Llandough, at the University Hospital of Wales.
Mr Elijah Ablorsu, who is a consultant transplant and general surgeon, also at the University Hospital of Wales, will follow on with training GPs in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) techniques used for gallstone and hernia surgery.
From cataracts to orbital surgery will be the theme of a presentation by consultant ophthalmologist, Mr Dan Morris, from the University Hospital of Wales. An international authority on sporting eye injuries and highaltitude eye problems, Dan Morris has even assembled eye condition data he collected on Mount Everest!
The day will be rounded off by Mr Andrew Thomas, consultant urological surgeon from the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, who will provide a session on the diagnosis, examination and management of common urinary tract, bladder and prostate problems, including greenlight laser surgery.
Organiser of the course is Nuffield Health Cardiff & Vale Hospitals’ services manager, Rebecca Hemming, who commented: “This teaching day has been organised for our referring general practitioners to reflect relevant GP needs when treating problems which they commonly see in their surgeries.
“Through the question and answer sessions, it brings together clinicians from primary and secondary care for case study discussion and mutual learning.
“The aim of the day is to unite the professionals in delivering a firstclass service to patients while providing an update on developments in secondary care.”