Come & train in 🏴
We have run through from ST1 as well as a more limited ST3 entry
We have a solid track record in producing great orthopaedic surgeons from all 4 regions
We have mountains, haggis & Irn Bru!
What more do you want!
🎥 Orthopaedic Training in Scotland //
@BOMSA_UK
Ms Elizabeth Lindsay, an ST2 in Orthopaedics Tayside, discusses the training structure in Scotland, how the application process works and what you can do now to build up your CV.
Catchup on
@MedAllApp
👇
“Dear Lady, Go home & sit still”
#ElsieInglis
was a pioneering
#Edinburgh
surgeon, suffragist & campaigner, who offered her services to the WW1 War Office. This was their reply
She ignored the advice & set up war hospitals in Serbia & France, raising £50m in today’s money
🧵
The last ever theatre case at RHSC? ORTHO
First ever case at RHCYP?
ORTHO OF COURSE!
🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴
1860-2021
2021- onwards
🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴
Exciting times for Edinburgh Children’s Orthopaedics
@OrthoPaeds
Buzzing after running
@LondonMarathon
today for
@BritOrthopaedic
Joint Action
Needed all those jelly babies!
Garmin went loopy so it was a huge surprise to run 3.12. Massive thanks to my support crew & well done to the other
@BritOrthopaedic
runners
Donate 2/2
#MyFirstRodeo
& I wonder if Gertrude Herzfeld, Scotland’s 1st female practicing surgeon, 1st female Fellow of
@RCSEd
& 1st female surgeon at Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children added an ‘s’ each time?
TPD on tour 🤘🏼
1st gig on my tour of SE🏴’s T&O training centres
Many thanks for having me at your impressive dept meeting Sarah Mitchel,
@PhilWalmsley4
, Andy Ballantyne & team
@nhsfife
ortho
Speaking to trainees & trainers to find out why you’re in the top 2% for training 🏅
Mr Squiggles was brought to theatre this afternoon accompanying his wee human as they had their op. He didn’t require major teddy surgery thankfully- only an expertly-applied cast to match his owner’s
I applaud
@BOA_President
for not only attending the
#Diversity
breakout session (a potential echo chamber) but bringing
#EDI
& sexual misconduct to the fore in his
@BritOrthopaedic
#BOAAC22
keynote speech 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We need to tackle this to make it better for everyone
The South East Scotland Orthopaedic Registrars Research Day is back for 2023!
Looking forward to seeing everyone presenting their work…
Thanks to
@OrthoNicholson
Nick Heinz &
@ahrwsimpson
for organising 👏
#orthotwitter
#SESORRD
We’ve reached 20,000km! Keep it up
#teamortho
&
#teamedinburgh
I dodged pissed teenagers & BBQs to make what I was hoping would look like a humerus: the most fixed of all kids’ bones! Not sure I’ve achieved it 😂 & definitely looked a loony in the process!
#lapthemap
#lapthebone
Ghost sign unveiled across the road from the Old RIE. Imagine having this on your doorstep for last minute requests! I can picture the House Surgeon darting across Lauriston Place, & possibly diverted into Doctors Pub on the other corner ⚒ vs 🍻!
I made it!!! 🏃♀️
Thanks to everyone who has donated to
@echcharity
so far - legends!! Massive thanks to my Pom Pom Support Crew who gave me a huge boost at mile 8 🥰
Still time to donate to Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity:
@edinmarfes
#emf2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year……..
Halloween of course! Best of all, I get to use my favourite clinic ice breaker. What y’ dressing up as? Yesterday’s
#clinic
stats:
👻 x3 (2 scary, 1 friendly)
🐈⬛ x3
🎃 x1
🤖 x1
🦄 x1
🐲x1
Paeds Ortho = best subspecialty
@OrthoPaeds
WELCOME!
GREAT to met the new faces of
@EdinOrthopaedic
/ SE🏴 training programme / fellowship
3 day induction:
🏃🏾♀️ dept walk around
🖥️ IT essentials
🦵🏻 on call skill sim
🧀 meet key figures
🦴 T&O emergencies
⚕️medical history walking tour
🍛 team curry
🛍️ goody bags!
Proud Medic Mum moment when 7 yr old brings back ‘the body’ school work
♥️ beats 115,000 times a day ✅
🧠 weighs 3lb ✅
🍆 ….???
“It’s skin Mum!!! It’s an ARM!”
Thankfully firmly in Orthopaedic territory rather than Urological!! Looking forward to seeing the 🦴 pics 😉
WE MADE IT*!!! Team Edinburgh have Lapped The Map of Europe, raising money for
@echcharity
Despite some atrocious weather I clocked up 210km and have a new found love of running. Shocker!
*Congrats to Team Glasgow who pipped us to the post this year. Well played the Weegies 👏
Farewell RHSC theatre! Can almost make out the views to The Meadows, even in this pile of destruction. Farewell Office! You served me well.
Can’t wait to see what emerges but no tentacles in sight
@neely_r
so I think Olly made a speedy getaway 🐙 💨
Cheerio & thank you to our two awesome registrars
@OrthoDocTC
&
@OrthoNicholson
- you helped us move hospitals & have been stalwarts of the team. Welcome to
@OrthoOliver
& Rob Lambert. Looking forward to working with you both 🦴👶👦🏾🧒🦴
@PaedsOrthopod
According to this ⬇️ % of female consultants in T&O has FALLEN! The only surgical specialty with this worrying regression.
#orthotwitter
what are we doing wrong?
First of many walks/runs for
#lapthemap2021
for
@echcharity
#teamortho2021
#TeamEdinburgh
has 664 runners & has covered >500km in <1 day! Surely we can beat the Weegies to virtually cover the 🇪🇺 coastline before the month’s out! 💪🏃♀️💪🏃♀️Donate or join us- link in comments 🙏
🚨 Calling undergrads & FYs 🚨
❓Interested in T&O
❓Want to get your hands on saw 🦴
❓Want to learn fracture fixation principles & benefit from a diverse faculty of expert educators
Sign up:
❗️
@AOUKEd
Surgery is having a long overdue
#metoo
movement. I hope letters like these encourage others to speak up about their experiences, empower silent bystanders to act & stamp out horrific behaviour like this. The culture must change
@speakuportho
@Ortho_Cherry
@OrthopodReg
@RCSnews
A pretty damning letter in
@RCSnews
bulletin. This can't happen and reflects on all of us as a profession.
I hope the author finds their peace one day. No one should ever have to go through this.
Double header at day 2/3
#induction
programme
#thriving
for new Ortho trainees
AM -all about setting the cultural tone
PM -getting hands on with plaster, splints, wound Mx, knee aspiration & compartment monitors
Fantastic to be working with such a motivated & pleasant bunch
Really proud of
@EdinOrthopaedic
’s Rosie Hackney presenting Virtual Orthopaedic Trainees’ Education (VOTE) at
#BOAAC21
THMs- VOTE was:
🏃♀️ FAST to implement, only 7 days after lockdown
🏋🏿♀️ MIGHTY, amassing 90 hrs of recorded education
🤸🏻♂️FLEXIBLE, responding to feedback
👏👏👏
Exciting to see the facade of the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary being revealed
She’s a grand old dame, getting a long overdue facelift!
Who fancies living in the old surgical wards??
Non-accidental injury is a massive concern ATM. It will happen behind closed doors. It will happen more. We just won’t know about it. Drs seeing kids - please have this at the forefront of your minds. See my article here ⬇️
Hot off the virtual press! New TJTO&C ‘Transient JTO & the Coronavirus’ articles just published giving information and insights on dealing with
#trauma
and
#orthopaedics
during the
#COVID19
pandemic
Cheesetastic selfie✔️
@echcharity
T✔️ Over-competitive streak✔️ = all set to smash the Weegies in the
#lapthemap
challenge. KO midnight!
#teamortho
are ready to walk/run the border & coastline of Scotland! Sponsor us or EVEN BETTER join us, link below 👍
So proud of
@katiephughes
- she ABSOLUTELY SMASHED it in my absolutely not biased opinion!!
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Well done Katie, and kudos to the wider
@OrthoPaeds
team esp trailblazer Sarah Paterson
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
BSCOS is delighted to announce the release of its first Paediatric Orthopaedic Digest (POD)cast. A huge thank you to all involved in its creation.
Find it at or search for BSCOS in your favourite podcast app.
An absolute pleasure to give this talk. Especially to such a diverse & attentive audience. Thank you
@EdSurgSoc
!
Diversity is the MAGIC & the antidote to toxicity, & the future is bright 💪🏻
Committed to a future career in T&O or just want to dip your toe in & see what all the fuss is about? Join this
FREE session for medical students & FY docs. Absolutely top notch faculty 🤩🤩🤩 & the first of many sessions
@bota_uk
@TweetsOrtho
@OrthopodReg
#orthotwitter
Wow this made me very emotional
A gate was opened and now the tide is coming in
Women in Medicine are speaking up about sexual harassment after their colleagues in surgery broke the dam
Thank you for speaking up for those coming after 🙏🏻
❓Do you know someone b/w ages 5-16 who’d love to ride a 🚲 but struggles due to disability
❓Free Sat 23rd July, 2-4pm
❗️Invite them to
#TryaBike
- a new event I’ve set up with
@aweepedal
&
@STEPS_Charity
❗️Adapted & regular 🚲 to try for 🆓
❗️BOOK
Excited for
@bscos2024leeds
#BSCOS24
!
Going to be a busy one! 🤓
👩🏼🏫 Steph Buchan presenting our work- training in paeds T&O
🪑Chairing F&A session
🦴 Teaching med students about femoral nails
🏃🏽♀️Leading the unofficial fun run!!
🧠Learning lots from fellow faculty & delegates
Feeling v optimistic about the future of Scottish Orthopaedics, interviewing for new trainees today. Their achievements in the preceding shitshow of a year deserve commendation & even over Zoom, their talent shone through
#thefutureisbright
#surgeonsinthemaking
#theycanfixmyNOF
Thank you for raising awareness of this Evan
I will 100% support you but I’m saddened that you feel you need to raise money for PPE which should be provided by the employer
I'm running the
@flingrace
2024 to raise funds to provide better breast radiation protection for our female orthopaedic surgical trainees in the West of Scotland. Please like, repost and share widely to give us the best chance of success. Thanks so much
#TeamEdinburgh
ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF LAP THE WORLD!! 🥇🏆🎉🌎
You've lapped 50,082km & raised an INCREDIBLE £99,221 for children & families! You are phenomenal.
Please be SO proud of your strong legs & stronger hearts. Thank you, thank you, thank you!❤️
#LapTheMap20
#Champions
Yet, she’s largely unheard of
Please join the
#Refusetositstill
campaign to commemorate her, raising £ to erect a statue on the High St, nr the site of the maternity hospital she set up
There are more statues of dogs > women in Edinburgh. Let’s change that
My take homes from this morning’s
#BOAAC23
from
@deepamusafir1
🔨trauma no.s recovered to pre-Covid
🦿elective no.s slowly creeping up but still 19% lower
🗺️regional disparities
🧑⚕️trainees need min 3 sessions operating/wk BUT!
60% AES have insufficient time to train
@bota_uk
💥 ‘Between a rock & a hard place… women have to try to combine confidence & warmth in exactly the right ratio for them to be taken seriously but not disliked in the process… for, unlike men, they have to be liked in order to be hired, promoted or listened to’ 💥
Could this please flash up as a warning box on every MSF free text comment on a female doctor?
@wordspinster
in
@MASieghart
’s The Authority Gap
Telling us to ‘be more confident’ DOES. NOT. WORK.
Being involved in
@bota_uk
had a profound effect on my career & I still have many close friends as a result
Trainees of
#orthotwitter
cast aside any preconceptions & consider applying
Be the change
🚨🚨🚨APPLY TO BE A PART OF THE NEW BOTA COMMITTEE for 2023/24🚨🚨🚨
Submit a 1-minute video outlining your manifesto and a statement of support (max 100 words) to secretary
@bota
.org.uk
Check out for role descriptions and eligibility!
Attempting the
@LondonMarathon
this year! 8 weeks & counting. It’s my 1st (& quite possibly last!) marathon & I’d love your support!
Running for Joint Action
@britorthopaedic
charity
To read more & donate some money if you can visit
Thank you so much!
Looking for an Ortho Trauma course? Big hitting international faculty. Talks to view when convenient plus live, interactive discussions: 17-28 Aug. Book ➡️ Programne ⬇️
‘Awesome power duo’ I’ll take that!
Delighted to be bringing you all that is AMAZING (yes, truly!) about the BEST of T&O: paediatric Ortho!
Great to share the stage with
@katiephughes
& looking forward to meeting lots of potential orthopods!
Edinburgh University Trauma & Orthopaedics Society
Our third talk will be brought to you by the awesome power duo of Miss
@emilyjanebaird
and Miss
@katiephughes
talking about paediatric Orthopaedics!
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW⬇️⬇️⬇️
‘How we behave towards each other is the single greatest factor in how well competent teams perform’
Can’t emphasise the importance of
@civilitysaves
enough. I could listen to
@orangedis
&
@carlyndavie
talk about this all day.
Thanks to everyone involved in
#CSLScotland2021
🏴
Road testing the new gaff. Buttons pressed. Peep holes peeped. Dragons spotted. Such a fantastic space for children- he wanted to stay and play all day! Thanks for having us
@neely_r
@ZoeHPaige
@echcharity
The importance of naming & framing this problem cannot be underestimated
What is the solution? Or the steps towards it
@BritOrthopaedic
@BSCOS_UK
et al
At an individual level, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem
Calling surgeons & anaesthetists of SE🏴
❓On maternity, paternity or adoption leave, or recently returned
❓Want to hear about employment🔩
❓Meet others in a similar⛴️
❓Learn about confidence building & performance anxiety
❓Challenges & benefits of RtW
👨🍼👶🏼 are welcome too!
Absolutely delighted to announce our inaugural return to work following parental leave for surgeons and anaesthetists in South east Scotland!!
An amazing line up to get you ready for going back (or keep you right if you are just back)!
@emilyjanebaird
@Ortho_Cherry
West of 🏴 ortho knows how to put on a great meeting
@wosors_glamor
& fantastic to see the Trainees’ Dinner in full swing!
Congrats & thanks to organisers Duncan MacDonald, Caroline Atherton & Cameron Brown
Congrats to TOTY Calum Cree 🏆
The first step on the journey to move the hospital to its new home! We are delighted to be one of the specialties seeing outpatients from 20th July in the wonderful, spacious OPD.
Running my first ever 1/2 marathon for
@echcharity
next weekend. Eek! Please consider sponsoring me & I will run a Strava-art shape of your choosing!*
*bone-shapes are my specialty 🦴
*not X-rated! Tis a kids’ charity after all!
Thank you!
#emf2023
My Paeds Ortho friends in Tayside are looking for a new consultant colleague. They have a very swanky looking theatre suite opening this year, and it would be a lovely team to work with. Direct interested parties to donald.campbell
@nhs
.scot
@BSCOS_UK
Not forgetting Nicola Starritt, Claire Clark & Lisa Steven
Anaesthetists, Paediatricians, Nurses, AHPs, Radiographers, Play Therapists, Admin Support, Managers,
@echcharity
team & many more
So many inspirational women 💪
Thanks to Steve Stanton, Medical Photography 📸
2/2
@BrennanSurgeon
I would hypothesise that FRCS is more costly in every sense: financial, personal & social, with even higher stakes at the end of a long training programme
“Hip hip hooray! My harness came off today” Thanks Sophia for sharing your story & cute pics with us.
Lovely to see the fruits of our
#DDHwarrior
Specialist Physios’ efforts & receive feedback from families 😊
@LothianChildren
#DDH
#hipdysplasia
Medical students!
Do you have Paeds Ortho audit/research to present? For the 1st time
@BSCOS_UK
have a dedicated session at their annual meeting!
We’re also running a workshop for you!
More details ⤵️
British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery
Are you a medical student interested in surgery?! Join us at
@bscos2024leeds
to discover the wonders of Paediatric Ortopaedics. We have a dedicated sawbones workshop and you can present your work in the “bring your buddy” session. More at
@BOMSA_UK
All systems GO!!! 🚀
If you’re a 🏴 T&O surgeon spend 2mins filling out this ground-breaking survey to investigate
#EDI
We need to know about you (anonymously!) - barriers, discrimination, career choices
We need data! We need you!
#dontbepartoftheproblem
#diversitymatters
👇🏻
And we’re off! Get ready to be involved in the first ever Scotland wide project looking at diversity and inclusion in Trauma and Orthopaedics
#timetostepup
#astepintherightdirection
@deboraheastwood
I didn’t faint but 1st time I was in theatre -unscrubbed- the consultant threw a ball of cement at me. After it became too hot to handle, I chucked back, desterilising the entire field
I was mortified at the time but now I realise the consultant probably should’ve known better!
📢 Calling all job-seeking paeds orthopods!
🚨We’ve a locum consultant post going & we’d love for you to join us in the beautiful city of Edinburgh
👀 Check it out
We are looking for a new paediatric orthopaedic colleague to join us in Edinburgh
Locum consultant post available from 1st August, closing date 16th May
Please have a look and get in touch if you’re interested ⬇️