RSTN Trials Day 2015
Date and time
Location
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE United KingdomRefund Policy
Description
The RSTN Trials Day is back for a third year on Saturday 6th June 2015.
Programme
0900 Registration (REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE) 0930Welcome
Prof. Abhilash Jain MSc PhD FRCS(Plast), Surgical Specialty Lead for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Session one
0940Sandpit Session
Prof. David Beard, Co-director of RCS Surgical Interventional Trials Unit (SITU), Oxford
In the Edward Lumley Hall
Aims:
1. Develop clinical trial ideas for topics relating to major trauma
2. Understand the steps to take an idea through to a clinical trial
3. Develop a PICO
Session two
1130
How to fund a clinical trialJonathan Cook BSc PhD, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of SITU, University of Oxford 1145 MALIT
James Henderson MD FHEA EurDipHandSurg FRCS(Plast), Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Bristol 1200
All you need to know about pilot randomized controlled trials
Prof. Jane Blazeby BSc MD FCRS, Professor of Surgery, Bristol Surgical Trials Centre, Bristol
Aims:
1. Understand an external pilot RCT
2. Why use an internal pilot RCT rather than an external pilot RCT
3. The role of feasibility studies
1300
LUNCH, NETWORKING AND POSTERSSession three
1400 Keynote: The US perspective on clinical trials in plastic surgeryProf. Ernest S. Chiu MD FACS, Director of the Helen & Martin Kimmel Wound Healing Center, NYU Langone Medical Center 1430 BSSH National Audit
Emma Reay BSc FRCS(T&O), Trainee Lead for Hand Surgerybsshtraumaaudit@gmail.com 1435 The trials and tribulations of being a trainee trialist
Vimal Gokani BSc MRCS, Past President of ASiT; Clinical Research Fellow in Vascular Surgery 1445 implant Breast Reconstruction evaluAtion (iBRA)
Oly Branford MA PhD FRCS(Plast), Specialty Registrar in Plastic Surgery, London 1450 MelMART
Marc Moncrieff MD FRCS(Plast), Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Norwich 1455 National Audit of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)
Rubeta Matin PhD MRCP(Derm), Consultant Dermatologist, Oxford 1500
NINJA
Aina Greig PhD FRCS(Plast), Consultant Plastic Surgeon, London
British Burns Association Trials update
Isabel Jones MD FRCS(Plast), Consultant Burn Surgeon, London
Session four: Dragons’ Den
1545 Collaborative projects will be pitched to an expert panel and the audience.The INPUT Trial – Incisional Negative Pressure wound therapy Used in Trauma.
Hawys Lloyd-Hughes, Specialty Registrar in Plastic Surgery, London
National confidential audit of orthoplastic coding.
Jennifer Lane, Academic Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedics, Oxford
Can N-acetylcysteine have a future role in the management of hand nerve injury?
Frank Acquaah, Medical Student, London
Certificates will be awarded on receipt of the feedback forms.
We are grateful for support from our sponsors:
Click the link to download information about the event and sponsorship options: RSTN Sponsorship Information
Feedback from the RSTN Trials Day 2014
“great insight into national trials”
“well organised, lots of ideas for getting involved in research, nice!”
“lots of time for networking”
“Excellent speakers, interesting topics”
“strong lecturers and content; a well oiled timeline”
Feedback from the RSTN Trials Day 2013
“very well organised meeting covering a wealth of information and providing useful tips for how to get involved in clinical trials.”
“interactive and not intimidating and good to see that collaboration in clinical research is improving”
“lovely atmosphere, interactive, friendly, helpful”
“good range of talks. good introduction to running a trial”
Venue
Registration will be in the main entrance of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The meeting will be held in lecture theatre 2 on the ground floor. Refreshments and the posters will be in committee rooms 1 and 2 and the council room.