Enhanced Surgical Skills 2016

On 22 January 2016, rural physicians from across Western Canada gathered in Banff, Alberta to learn more about Enhanced Surgical Skills (ESS).

"Family docs who provide surgical services, usually in very remote parts of (usually Western) Canada, have never had any professional development or continuing medical education courses for them," says Dr. Stuart Iglesias, on why he helped found the course. "It's been bigger ever time we did it, it's been more popular, and it's been better."

This one day course is designed for GPS/ESS Surgeons in conjunction with the SRPC Plastics Techniques, the Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals course, and the Endoscopy Skills Day for Practicing Endoscopists course. The program updates rural ESS surgeons with current methods, facilitate informal communication and encourage FP-Specialist networks within ESS services.

For more information, visit http://www.srpc.ca/ess2016

For more information on RPAP, visit http://www.rpap.ab.ca