Doctors who have completed the five day skin cancer workshop are invited to return for the advanced three day workshop in skin cancer medicine.
The advanced weekend focus is on difficult areas of the body: lip, ear, nose, eyelid, and cheek.The 2010 program has been expanded compared with the 2009 program. 20 reconstructions are now explained, demonstrated and then practised on the pig head over three days.
The next advanced weekend will be:
Geelong Friday Nov 12 / Saturday Nov 13 / Sun Nov 14, 2010
The program includes 6 sessions of 2 hours and 4 sessions of 1.5 hours.
18 hours of eduation over 3 days.
Register here.
The cost of the weekend is $2,200.00
The weekend program is as follows:
Friday
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 10:00
Welcome Introduction
What is new in skin cancer research?
10:00 – 10:30 Morning tea
10:30 – 12:00
Difficult areas on the body: - ear, eyelid, lip and nose.
Description of flaps and reconstructions to be undertaken in the afternoon.
12:00 – 13:00 - Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Practical session number 1 on head of a pig
Wedge excisions
a) lower lip
b) ear
c) eyelid
14:30 - 15:00 - Afternoon tea
15:00 - 16:30
Practical session number 2 on head of pig
a) Melolabial flap from cheek to nose
b) Bilateral transposition flap on the nose
c) V - Y flap on the upper lip
Saturday
8:00 – 8:30 Registration / coffee
8:30 – 10:30
Description of flaps and reconstructions to be undertaken in the day.
10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea
11:00 – 13:00
Practical session number 3 on head of pig
a) Large bilobed flap on the cheek
b) Bilobed flap on low lateral nose
c) Large medial cheek defect and rotation flap
d) Banner transposition flap on the ear
13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Practical session number 4 on head of a pig
a) Closing a defect that is partly on cheek and partly on nose
b) Skin graft from upper eyelid to lower eyelid
c) Mucosal advancement flap on lip
d) Skin graft to scapha / antehelix on ear
18:00 for 18:30 Conference dinner
Sunday
8:00 – 8:30 Registration / coffee
8:30 - 10:30
Introduction to interpolation flaps
Description of flaps and reconstructions to be undertaken today.
10:30 - 11:00 – Morning tea
11:00 - 13:00
Practical session number 5 on head of pig
a) Nasalis myocutaneous flap on the nose
b) Cheek to nose two stage interpolation
c) Helical advancement flap on the ear
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Practical session number 6 on head of pig
a) Mastoid based helical interpolation flap
b) Glabella pull through procerus myocutaneous flap
c) Forehead axial flap based on supratrochlear artery
16:00 - 16:30 - Afternoon tea
Closure of workshop