SESSION1: SPINE THE BIGGER PICTURE

• Evidence Based Medicine
• Epidemiology & Economics
• Ergonomics & Psychosocial Aspects

SESSSION 2: THE FUNCTIONAL SPINE

• Radiology Imaging
• Biomechanics
• The Young Spine
• The Old Spine
• Case Discussion

SESSION 3: CLINICAL EVALUATION

• Case Discussion:
Recognising Serious Spine Disorders: red Flags
• Communication skill
• Consenting skills exercise
• Top Tips For Clinical Examination
• Safety & Ethics

SESSION 4: EMERGENCIES

• Evaluation. Transport
• Acute Cord Compression
• Cauda Equina Syndrome
• Case Discussion: Systemic Diseases & The Spine
• Case Discussion
• Course Evaluation

SESSION 1: PRINCIPLES OF SPINAL DEFORMITY

• Scoliosis: aetiology & prognostic factors
• Kyphosis
• Clinical Assessment
• Imaging of Deformities
• Discussion

SESSION 2:CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT

• Casting, Bracing & Role of Rehabilitation

SESSION 3:PRINCIPLES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT

• Pre-Op Assessment; how to prepare for a complex case
• Positioning the Patient
• Blood Saving
• Intra-Op Monitoring
• Pedicle Screw Guidance in Deformity
• Bone Fusion
• Discussion

SESSION 4: PRINCIPLES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT

• Congenital Spinal Cord Anomalies
• Congenital Spinal Deformities
• Neuromuscular Scoliosis
• Idiopathic Adult Deformities
• Degenerative Deformities
• Discussion

SESSION 5: TECHNIQUE AND STRATEGY

• End Limits of Fusion in Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Coronal & Sagittal Balance
• Techniques & Strategies: Posterior Approach
• Techniques & Strategies: Anterior Approach
• Discussion: Posterior/ Anterior

SESSION 6: OSTEOTOMIES

• Role & Technique of Spinal Osteotomies
• Case Discussion: Adult & Degenerative

SESSION 1: TRAUMA CERVICAL SPINE

• Imaging of Cervical Trauma
• Trauma of CO-C2: Classification & Management
• Trauma of Subaxial C-Spine: classification & management
• Case Discussion

SESSION 2:TAUMA THORACOLUMBAR SPINE

• Imaging of Thoracic/Thoracolumbar Trauma
• Trauma of TL Spine: management
• Sacral Fractures: classification & management

SESSION 3:TRAUMA TOPICS

• Trauma of Spine with Ankylosing Spondylitis: features & management
• Osteoporotic Fractures: diagnosis & management
• Paediatric Spinal Trauma: features & management
• Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Trauma
• Prevention and Management of Post- Traumatic Kyphosis
• Case Discussion

SESSION 4: BIOMATERIALS IN SPINE SURGERY

SESSION 5: SPINAL CORD INJURY

• Spinal Shock & Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes