Health Care Innovation and Technology

The Healthcare Innovation and Technology course provides a systematic overview of the use, potential benefits and dangers of technology in modern surgery. It gives an exceptional opportunity for an introduction, with hands-on experience, to leading-edge modern surgical technology such as the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical Platform.

Offered by Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and the Department for Continuing Education’s CPD Centre, the taught week is led by Mr Nicholas de Pennington. It features face-to-face didactic lectures, interactive tutorials, individual mentoring sessions and dedicated time on surgical simulators. There is a one-day visit to a hospital site.

We have put together an exciting and stimulating programme which attendees will find interesting, challenging and most importantly beneficial to their future careers. The Surgical Technology and Robotics course will cover aspects of:

• The development and evaluation of new surgical technology
• Radiology
• I.T.
• Surgical Simulators
• Novel Surgical Technologies

The course begins with the development and assessment of surgical technologies, radiology and information technology. A full day will then be devoted to robotic assisted surgery, featuring practical training on the robotic simulator. The final two days focus on laparoscopic simulation and novel surgical technologies.

Course highlights include the following lectures and tutorials:

• How to set up a surgical trial
• Development of surgical technologies
• Da Vinci Skills Simulator Console training
• Symbionix Laparoscopic Trainer training
• The Robotic Eye
• Preparation of a business case for the introduction of a new surgical technology
• Radiological ablation of solid tumours
• State of the art imaging
• IT and computer decision support systems
• Endoscopy/EUS/Endoluminal surgery
• Advances in lower GI surgery
• Neurosurgery & deep brain stimulation
• High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
• Recent advancements in hearing restoration
• Cutting, coagulation and stapling technology

Class sizes are kept small to allow full interaction with tutors. Study before and after the course is supported by a rich virtual learning environment.

Previous guest speakers have included:

• Professor Barbara Braden, Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Consultant Gastroenterologist, Oxford
• Mr Philip Charlesworth, Consultant Urological Surgeon
• Alexandra Cope, ‎Deputy Tutor in Surgery at Oxford School of Surgery; Clinical Simulation Fellow
• Professor Constantin Coussios, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professorial Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
• Professor Peter Friend, Professor of Transplantation and Consultant Transplant and HPB Surgeon; Director of Oxford Transplant Centre
• Professor Richie Gill, Professor of Healthcare Engineering, University of Bath
• Professor Fergus Gleeson, Professor of Radiology, Oxford
• Mr Alex Green, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford
• Professor Chris Johnson, Professor of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
• Douglas Hartley, Consultant ENT Surgeon & Associate Professor in Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham
• Dr Markus Groppe, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology
• Matthew Lawrence, Head of Business Development at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Professor Freddie Hamdy, Head of Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences; Nuffield Professor of Surgery; Professor of Urology
• Professor Rutger Ploeg, Professor of Transplant Biology; Director of Clinical and Translational Research
• Mr Mark Sullivan, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Oxford
• Mr Ben Turney, Clinical Lecturer in Urology, Oxford; awarded American College of Surgeons International Travelling Fellowship for 2014
• Dr Raman Uberoi, Consultant Radiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford