Primary Care Surgical Association

PRIMARY CARE SURGICAL ASSOCIATION

4th Annual Scientific Meeting and AGM

Date: 25th and 26th September 2015 Time: Friday: 12:30pm–5:30pm

Saturday: 9am – 5pm

Venue: Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin

Friday Afternoon – 25th September 2015

Time / Topic / Speaker
12:30pm-2pm
2-2.05pm / Registration

Welcome + session chairman

/ Dr David Buckley, Secretary, PCSA
2.05 - 2:30pm /

Potpourri of surgical dermatology

/ Dr Brian Malcom (UK)
2:30-3pm / Consent, complaints, and
dealing with surgical complications. / Dr James Lucas ( UK)
Medicolegal Adviser
MPS
3-5pm / Workshops:
One hour long rotating
(pick two)
1. Partial closure, buried sutures + subcuticular suture
2. Clinical photography
3. Tissue viability
4. Lesion recognition without a dermatoscope.
5. Community based treatment of haemorrhoids /

Dr Brian Malcom UK

Anthony Edwards, Senior Clinical Photographer, TCD
Helen Strapp, Dublin

Dr Johnny Loughnane,Limerick

Ultroid, UK
5-6pm / / DrClare Collins, ICGP
Dr Niall Maguire,PCSA
8pm / Gala Dinner and Guest Speaker / Prof Fergus O’Kelly, President ICGP

Approved by the ICGP for CME points: 1.5 days; 12 hours.

We recommend you book early, as spaces are limited.

Please book your accommodation directly with the Clontarf Castle Hotel.

Tel: 01 833 2321 or e mail :
Ask for PCSA rates and ensure to book up to six weeks before the meeting to guarantee a room at these rates:

Saturday 26th September 2015

Time / Topic / Speaker
8.30-9am / Registration
9am / Welcome and session chairman / Dr Niall Maguire, Chair PSCA
Basic Session 9.05-10.30am
9.05- 9.30am / Local anaesthetic + preparing for skin surgery / Dr Brian Malcom
9:30-9:50am / The simple elliptical excision / Dr Niall Maguire
9:50-10:10am / Suture material and haemostasis / Dr Noreen Lineen Curtis
10:10-10:30am /

Lesion recognition and management planning using

/ Dr Sylvia McKenna
Advanced Session 9.05-10.30am
9.05- 9.30am / Lasers for the skin- are they worth it? / Dr Nick Walsh, Dublin
9:30-9:50am / Surgery on the face - risks and pitfalls / Mr.Sean Carroll. Dublin
9:50-10:10am / NMSC – treatment options / Dr Patrick Ormond – Dublin
10:10-10:30am /

Treating keloids with Cryosurgery

/ Dr David Buckley-Tralee
10:30-11am / Tea + coffee
11am-11:30am / Keynote address:
Community surgery-opportunities and threats / Mr Vijay Kumar FRCS(Edin)UK
11:30-12:30pm / Six short clinical papers / 10 min per paper
12:30-1pm /

Discussion and prize giving

1-2pm / Lunch
2-3pm / AGM
3-5pm / Workshops:
One hour long rotating – pick two
1.Elliptical incisions
2.Surgery on the face:
hands on
3.Vasectomies
4.Simple skin surgery – punch and shave biopsy and curettage. / Mr Vijay Kumar
Mr.Sean Carroll. Dublin
Dr Richard Look Tong.
Coole, Co.Westmeath.
Dr Tony O Sullivan, Dublin
5pm /

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