by admin | 20/06/2021 | Personal Projects
When we moved house, we went back to the to drawing board and stripped the house back to brick. Looking at room layouts, the conclusion was that a built in wardrobe would be a nice feature so I had my first big project. The dimensions of the space meant that any...
by admin | 30/05/2021 | Personal Projects
The inevitable frustrations of having been given the small room met that my youngest needed something to coax him into a good mood. So instead of rebuilding the bunk beds for the kids in the larger room I took it apart and elevated it. Trusty circular saw out, and a...
by admin | 29/04/2021 | Personal Projects
With all the career focused activity that almost takes over during training, many of my hobbies fell by the wayside but it’s never to late to have a go at something new. True to my Orthopaedic roots I figured why the hell not live up to the stereotype of being a...
by admin | 05/02/2021 | PGVLE, Publications
Virtual learning continues to establish itself and the infrastructure that we’ve built in the West Midlands is garnering interest everywhere! It was incredible to receive a request for an article by Dr Ed Briggs (Editor, NACT Newsletter) sharing our regional...
by admin | 03/01/2021 | Career Path, News
As my work with the PGVLE goes on, my experience continues to grow. I now look forward to take these ideas to the British Orthopaedic Association Education & Careers Committee as the new Lead for Simulation and Digital Learning. I hope to continue on my personal...
by admin | 13/12/2020 | News, PGVLE
One of my overriding aims was to grow the PGVLE organically. Not just build it and put it out there but to nurture and invite groups into the fold. We started with surgery – Vascular and Ortho leading the way, but now all rotations in the West Midlands on board...
by admin | 03/12/2020 | Digital Fellows, News, PGVLE, Publications, Virtual Learning
This month my article on the ‘Virtual Learning – Moving Forward’ was published in the December 2020 issue of the Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics In this article I highlight the way in which Virtual Learning has been a real opportunity for positive change in...
by admin | 29/09/2020 | Virtual Fracture Clinic (SaTH)
Virtual Fracture Clinic is a process by which patients are afforded comfort by not having to come into hospital unless absolutely necessary after an injury but can be safe in the knowledge that a committed consultant led team will be reviewing their case. Since we...
by admin | 28/07/2020 | PGVLE
We’ve now launched the next phase of our Virtual Learning Environment and have rebranded from the SVLE to the Postgraduate VLE to acknowledge several non-surgical specialties joining the programme. The platform is built in this second phase for 3000 users (up...
by admin | 09/06/2020 | Digital Fellows, PGVLE, Virtual Learning
Learning new skills. In just over 8 weeks I went from an idea to full implementation and expansion of the new West Midlands School of Surgery Surgical Virtual Learning Environment. I had the opportunity to share thought processes as part of a proactice panel of...
