Conferences and Courses

5th Annual Orthopaedic Nurses Conference 'Orthopaedic Research Influencing the Future'

Carlton Crest Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland.

For more information contact: Eventcorp Pty Ltd, Acting Agent for QONSIG, PO Box 5718, West End, QLD 4104

Phone: 07 3847 5858 Fax: 07 3846 5859 Email: orthonurses@evencorp.com.au

Stanmore Course

Stanmore Course, UK. The Stanmore Course is the 5 week programme UK Technicians need to undertake in order to be qualified. This is the main national programme:

• the course conducted three times per year, 16 delegates per course; next, this year begins in September;
• the course is open to and indeed welcomes international delegates. Two years experience in a clinical environment is a pre-requisite;
• programme is a balance of theory and practical casting techniques, approximately a 50/50 balance;
• there is ongoing assessment and a final exam that consists of anatomy oral (15 mins) and a practical casting (30 mins);
• UK National Casting Training Advisor - Sue Miles - for the British Orthopaedic Committee, leads the programme;
• approximate cost is £1050 course fee, £250 accommodation expenses.Delegates are responsible for food etc.;
• programme conducted in north London, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.

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