Programme

09:00 09:30 - Lecture 1 - Spino-pelvic balance / adult deformity classifications

09:30 Group A Small Group Teaching - 4 groups rotating every 15 minutes

1. Axial neck and back pain

2. Cervical Radiculopathy & Myelopathy

3. Cervical Trauma

4. Thoracolumbar Trauma

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 11:30 - Lecture 2 - Spinal Trauma - assessment and referral

11:30 Group B Small Group Teaching - 4 groups rotating every 15 minutes

5. Spinal biomechanics - in relation to injury

6. Spinal Cord Injury

7. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis / Scheuermanns kyphosis

8. Adult deformity

12:30 13:30 - Lunch

13:30 Lecture 3 - Spinal Tumours - assessment and referral

14:00 Group C Small Group Teaching - 4 groups rotating every 15 minutes

9. Osteopororis & Insufficiency fracture

10. Ankylosing spondylitis / Rheumatoid Spine

11. Spinal Infection

12. Lumbar Canal stenosis

15:00 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 Group D Small Group Teaching - 4 groups rotating every 15 minutes

13. Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

14. Lumbar radiculopathy and Cauda Equina Syndrome

15. Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

16. Radiology of the Spine

16:30 Exam and Quiz