Department
Name of department: Trauma and Orthopaedics
Head of department: Tim Bishop
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Caroline Hing
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Needs to be licensed to practice
More information
Number of beds in department: 100
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: National trauma trials, research projects and national committees. Leadership teaching programmes, academic and audit projects.
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
National trauma trials, research projects and national committees. Leadership teaching programmes, academic and audit projects.
Needs clearance from hospital's occupational health