University of Warwick

22nd January

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Course content

We will explore ethical issues related to consent in deceased donation, and whether moving to an opt-out system changes the ethical landscape. Other sessions will consider recent controversies surrounding definitions of death and challenges to the ‘dead donor rule’, and ethical issues arising from living donation.

Why study this course?

Teaching will develop ethical reasoning skills, and sessions throughout the day will provide opportunities to enhance skills further with application to these pertinent ethical issues. Participants will leave with a fuller understanding of key ethical issues in transplantation and the way that ethical theories and argumentation can be used to address them.

Who is the course aimed at?

• Practitioners who work directly in transplant services (CLODs, SNODs, surgeons)
• Those whose clinical work supports this (anaesthetists, emergency department staff, intensivists)
• Those who are involved in developing transplant- and donation-related policy

How will I learn?

All teaching will be delivered face-to-face over one day. This course is structured to give opportunities to develop and practice ethical reasoning skills. All sessions will therefore be highly interactive, with a mix of interactive lectures, small group work and workshops.

For further information, and to register, please visit the website below.

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Surgery 2030: Transformative Technologies’ is the theme for the Surgical MICs National Meeting this year which will be held in the centre of Leeds on 19th November.
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Our National Meeting is an opportunity for delegates to network and create new multidisciplinary collaborations and secondly to stimulate development of innovative ideas to address challenges in surgery.

We are a centre of expertise for the development of technologies in the area of colorectal, vascular and hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) disease, with a focus on improving surgical care through technological innovation. Our aim is to ensure patients in need of surgical care have access to new technologies that have been rigorously tested to ensure they are safe, effective, and represent value for money to the NHS.

We bring together clinicians, academics, scientists, industry partners, patients and the public to work together to advance patient care by accelerating new science and technologies into patient benefit.

 We would like delegates to:

• Understand the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to technology development for surgery
• Understand the key success factors for clinical adoption of surgical innovation
• Gain an overview of potential surgical applications of existing and/or new technology and how research collaborations accelerate the journey to patient access.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Professor Gareth Loudon, Professor of Creativity at the Cardiff School of Art and Design and co-founder and Director of the Centre for Creativity Ltd
• Mr Luigi Pugliese, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico SanMatteo, Pavia, Italy
• Mr Sirko Pelzl, CEO and CTO of apoQlar GmbH
• Dr Andrew Sims, Head of the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Department (NMPCE), Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We will be holding a PPI-led PhotoVoice session and the IDEAL collaboration will be holding a session  on their framework for the evaluation of innovation in surgery & devices & its practical application.

Register your free place now to avoid disappointment via Eventbrite below

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Leeds Marriott Hotel, 4 Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane, Leeds LS1 6ET