Department
Name of department: Oxford Trauma Service
Head of department: Jowan Penn-Barwell
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Jowan Penn-Barwell
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? GMC registration and Occupational Health clearance.
More information
Number of beds in department: 48
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: >150
Other activities: Daily: MDT Trauma meeting, weekly: Teaching and Polytrauma Rehabilitation clinic
Weekly: MDT infection meeting,
Monthly: Trauma Governance meeting and Fragility Fracture meeting
Extensive research activity
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.
Daily: MDT Trauma meeting, weekly: Teaching and Polytrauma Rehabilitation clinic
Weekly: MDT infection meeting,
Monthly: Trauma Governance meeting and Fragility Fracture meeting
Extensive research activity
Passport, occupational health and vaccine history.