Multidisciplinary

What you will take away
Academic Pathways — SFP, ACF & IAT explained, plus application tips
Hear from Trainees — SFP, ACF and PhD experience first-hand
Funding Guidance — grants, fellowships and winning applications
Live Lab Demos — key research techniques, at Newcastle University
Robotic Surgery — live demo of robot-assisted total knee replacement

Learning Outcomes
Identify and practise safe operating techniques, including gowning and gloving.
Recognise the characteristics of surgical instruments and sharps and handle them safely.
Identify and use the correct techniques for laying safe surgical knots
Identify and use correct, safe suturing techniques.
Describe the principles of handling tissues and recognise differing requirements for differing sites.
Explain and practise safe local anaesthetic techniques.
Assess and implement the primary surgical management of infected and contaminated soft tissues.
Explain the principles behind the practical and safe use of electrosurgery devices.
Manipulate endoscopic instruments safely and with appropriate visuospatial awareness.

Theoretical Speech Assessment, Investigation & Surgery

Cadaveric dissections:
IVVP
Hynes Pharyngoplasty
Buccal Flap
Famm Flap
Furlows Palatoplasty

Open tip cleft rhinoplasty
Suprazygomaticus Nerve Block
Use of rib/bone graft alternatives