2 day advanced head and neck workshop

Doctors who have completed the five day skin cancer workshop are invited to return for the advanced two day workshop in skin cancer medicine.

 

The advanced weekend focus is on difficult areas of the body, such as lip, ear, nose, eyelid, scalp, forehead, cheek.The program has been expanded compared with the 2008 program. Because the program is now longer, ACSCM exam will no longer be held at the end of this head and neck weekend. 14 reconstructions are now explained, demonstrated and then practised on the pig head.

  

The next advanced weekends will be:

Geelong Sat Nov 21 / Sun Nov 22, 2009

The program includes 3 sessions of 2 hours and 4 sessions of 1.5 hours.

12 hours of eduation over 2 days.

Register here.

 

The cost of the weekend is $1,500.00

 

The weekend program is as follows:

 

Saturday

8:00 – 8:30      ÂRegistration

 

8:30 – 10:30  

Welcome        ÂIntroduction

Focus on recurrence of skin cancers

Actinic keratoses and field cancerization

 

10:30 – 11:00  ÂMorning tea

 

11:00 – 12:30  Â

Difficult areas on the body: - ear, eyelid, lip and nose.

Description of flaps and reconstructions to be undertaken in the afternoon.

 

12:30 – 13:30 - Lunch

 

13:30 - 15:00

 

 

15:00 - 15:30 - Afternoon tea

 

15:30 - 17:00

Practical session number 2 on head of pig

a) Combined cheek / nose flap for tumour crossing the zone

b) Bilateral transposition flap on the nose

c) V - Y flap on the upper lip

 

18:00 for 18:30ÂConference dinner

 

Sunday

8:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:30 – Morning tea

 

10:30 - 12:30

Practical session number 3 on head of pig

a) Nasalis myocutaneous flap on the nose

b) Skin graft from upper eyelid to lower eyelid

c) Mucosal advancement flap on the lip

d) Helical advancement flap on the ear

 

12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch

 

1:30  - 3:30

Practical session number 4 on head of pig

a) Cheek to nose two stage interpolation

b) Banner transposition flap to the ear

c) Large trilobed flap on the cheek

d) Medial cheek / lower eyelid rotation flap

 

3:30 - 4:00 - Afternoon tea

Questions and closure of workshop