Palacademy, is an educational foundation that focuses on providing courses and online content for surgical trainees. It is supported by Heraeus and thus has a focus on the prevention and treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infection. I was fortunate to be enrolled in the original Experts Committee over 20 years ago and have continued to teach on courses / conference symposia / online, ever since.
In the UK, the educational programme is run by Rob Baber with support from the whole of the Heraeus UK team. Sue Dale organisers everything superbly.
This summer I will be teaching on the Hip Arthroplasty Course in Birmingham on June 18th-19th (flyer attached). This is aimed at Core and early Specialist Orthopaedic Trainees. In the autumn, we will again run the Arthroplasty principles course, for middle-years specialist trainees. Finally, throughout the year we run the Basic Science Revision Viva course, to help senior trainees prepare for the FRCS Trauma and Orth exam. There are also courses on knee and arthroplasty and for operating department staff.
I’ll keep you posted of upcoming dates.