The Introduction to Hip Arthroplasty Course is now well-established with it's own faculty of practising consultant surgeons and has been successfully run at a number of locations in the UK facilitated by the Cuschieri Skills Centre._x000d_
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The course is aimed at recently appointed Specialist Registrars. A small faculty of practising surgeons work with the delegates in a ratio of one faculty member to four delegates. There are a small number of lectures but the emphasis is on "hands-on" experience, covering cemented stems, cemented and cementless acetabulae. The aim of the course has been to emphasise the importance of cementing technique and component orientation by linking it to anatomy and biomechanics. It is hoped that young trainees will develop good cementing habits early in their career. Each participant will carry out each element of the procedure on sawbones including cement mixing and stem insertion._x000d_
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Distance learning material will be made available to each delegate before the course to increase background knowledge and reduce the number of lectures required on the day itself. _x000d_
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After the course, each delegate is given a CD-ROM containing all of the Distance Learning Material, Videos, and PowerPoint Presentations._x000d_
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The Course has been accredited with 15 CME Points from the British Orthopaedic Association