Continuing our 2026 wellbeing series,
So far:
👩💻3 webinars
🎙️2 in person sessions
🤝 Multiple collaborations
📰 1 article
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🧘♀️ What does wellbeing mean to you?
🩺 In surgery, it’s more than managing stress
💡 It's personal
💬 It's evolving
🤝 It shapes how we care for ourselves, our teams & our patients.
❓What does wellbeing mean in your surgical practice?
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*Operating at Your Best: The Surgeon’s Guide to Movement, Rest and Nutrition*
Finding on calls exhausting? Struggling to fit nutrition into your day? Feeling stiff after theatre?
Join us for our first 2026 wellbeing webinar to find out more!
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Is iodine still the default in your scrub routine?
New research in our latest #Bulletin highlights that some surgical staff may not be aware of current guidance around iodine-based scrubs for pregnant and breastfeeding surgeons.
Read more: ow.ly/a4hV50W4QIP

ALT A page from the Bulletin, showing a brown glass vial of liquid with a pipette. The title text reads: 'Should pregnant surgeons and surgical staff be using iodine-based scrub solutions? Insights from a staff survey' with the sub heading reading, 'Are surgical staff aware of the potential risks of iodine scrubs in pregnancy, or is vital information being overlooked?'
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Book now to secure your place on one of our upcoming events:
🔹Edinburgh International Trauma
Symposium 2025
🔹Edinburgh FRCS (Tr&Orth) Revision
Course 2025
🔹Edinburgh Arthroplasty Day 2025
Book here: trauma.co.uk
#orthotwitter #MedTwitter
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Our final 2025 Wellbeing Series webinar is coming up - register now!!
When: 15/04/25 at 20.00
Topic: Avoiding ‘Second Victims’ in healthcare
This promises to be an insightful session on how to best support staff in coping with patient safety incidents?
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📣Edinburgh Trauma Symposium 2025 provisional programme preview 📣
To book visit: trauma.co.uk
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Well….this popped up on the *other* SoMe platform…
Absolutely brilliant
Got me in the gut 🥹
Well done @wearfigs #surgery #WomenInSTEM #ortho
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Results of this RCT will help guide the treatment of dorsally displaced distal radial fractures in the elderly and assess whether surgery offers functional benefit to patients.
#BJO @KatBellOrtho @OrthoOliver @sgmolyneux @DuckworthOrthEd @EdinOrthopaedic
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Fantastic effort @JunWLim and team! Doing @GrampianOrtho proud and a very interesting article to read! #orthotwitter
Fascinating study of hashtags like #ILookLikeASurgeon #OperateWithRespect.
'The cyclical nature of hashtag activity suggests that hashtags remain popular after their ‘trending’ period and this significantly increases the potential outreach of the tweets.'
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Replying to @KatBellOrtho
@KatBellOrtho kicking off today’s @SESOrtho offerings at @BritOrthopaedic presenting the results of the HU-FIX study on behalf of @OrthoOliver 💪
#BOAAC24 #orthotwitter
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The Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium kicks off in just 4️⃣ weeks 🦵
🗓️ 14th-16th August
👩🏫 Aimed at established surgeons, covering recent developments & controversies
Book here 👇
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#orthotwitter #medtwitter
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Just 5️⃣weeks to go until the Edinburgh FRCS Revision Course (Tr & Orth)
❓FRCS prep or rapid learn/refresher (e.g. return to programme)
🎯 aimed at those working at ST3+ level
4️⃣ days of intensive sessions covering the breadth of T+O 🦴
Book here 👇
trauma.co.uk/product/eitc202…
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Blockbuster traumaplasty session 🦵🔨💪
🎬 featuring some of our 🤩 faculty:
@jaimelbellamyDO
@lisacannada
@EdinburghKnee
@velocipod
Book here 👇
trauma.co.uk/product/eits202…
#orthotwitter
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☢️ EXPOSEd: Evaluation of X-Ray PPE for Orthopaedic Surgeons in theatrE.
Complete this important 2-minute survey to provide big data to inform change.
PLUS chance to win your own fitted ProtecX lead gown!
Click here: forms.gle/fzsbcEuvhRfWDkAH8
#radiation #ortho #EXPOSEd
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The role of acute total knee arthroplasty for tibial plateau fractures with @EdinburghKnee #RLHOTS24
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Introducing 🥁
The Northern Malawi Orthopaedic Conference!
22nd June 2024, Mzuzu
Hosted by ourselves and @EdinOrthopaedic with teaching from Tim White, Al Murray, @RosieHackney and @JoeEslandOrtho
Spread the word, all are welcome!!
#orthotwitter #malawiorthopaedics #Malawi
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Just 1️⃣1️⃣ wks to go until the Edinburgh FRCS Revision Course (Tr and Orth)🦴 …
🗓️ 13th-16th Aug
4️⃣ days of intensive revision sessions
🗣️ Daily VIVA practice
Book now 👇
trauma.co.uk/product/eitc20…
@bota_uk discount (email [email protected])
#orthotwitter #FRCS
To round off a great 2 days at #BSSHSpring24 a photo of my poster as we left the meeting (almost forgot) 😅
@DuckworthOrthEd @sgmolyneux @diving_digits @SESOrtho @EdinOrthopaedic
A perfect finishing slide promoting the @fifehandclinic to all during the Q&A session 😂



























