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Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie - Mitteilungen und Nachrichten 2/2012

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Unterwegs<br />

ESTES-STIPENDIUM<br />

An invaluable experience<br />

Dr. Nerida Butcher von der Trauma Unit des John-Hunter-Hospitals im australischen Newcastle erhielt im<br />

vergangenen Jahr das ESTES-Kongress-Stipendium der DGU zum Besuch des ESTES-Kongress 2011 in Mailand.<br />

Im Folgenden lesen Sie ihren Kongressbericht.<br />

I would firstly like to express my gratitude<br />

to the German Trauma Society for<br />

sponsoring this grant that has allowed<br />

me to travel from my home country of<br />

Australia to participate at the 12th European<br />

Congress of Trauma and Emergency<br />

Surgery. I fo<strong>und</strong> the 2011 Congress<br />

an invaluable experience with regards<br />

to the exposure it enabled me to gain to<br />

some of the world’s best traumatology<br />

teaching from keynote speakers. The visceral<br />

trauma sessions were a particular<br />

highlight for me as were the disaster and<br />

military session on „Peace and War surgery:<br />

Civilian and Military Surgeons can<br />

learn from each other“. Other sessions<br />

such as the ILC’s on coagulopathy, pelvic<br />

trauma and the open abdomen were<br />

also valuable. I enjoyed the new format of<br />

the „twelve to twelve lectures“ where we<br />

were invited to „feed our brains before<br />

our bellies“, and these bite size sessions<br />

were particularly focussed and relevant.<br />

With regards to lectures however it was<br />

the input from the Japanese delegation<br />

to the conference who shared a very moving<br />

insight into the countries recent tsunami<br />

that left a lasting impression on me.<br />

The descriptions they provided about<br />

the nature and scale of the disaster were<br />

sobering, however it was such a positive<br />

thing to learn from the challenges, and<br />

indeed victories, they have had in meeting<br />

the demands this scale of disaster<br />

placed on the country’s health system. It<br />

was a great reminder of the reason why<br />

these conferences are so important – to<br />

refine and improve our ability to provide<br />

care for the injured patient.<br />

In addition to the didactic learning, I also<br />

fo<strong>und</strong> this congress an incredibly constructive<br />

forum to dialogue with peers as<br />

well as senior experienced colleagues.<br />

In a sense this forum became somewhat<br />

like a living textbook in acute surgery for<br />

me. In terms of research, I am currently<br />

completing my PhD in traumatology and<br />

I fo<strong>und</strong> the discussion on issues raised<br />

during my paper presentation really<br />

helped focus some of ideas, and the ability<br />

to discuss one-on-one with experts<br />

in the field afterwards has truly given<br />

momentum to some key areas of my research<br />

into the definition of polytrauma.<br />

In summary, this grant has been incredibly<br />

beneficial in allowing me to participate<br />

at this congress, which in turn has helped<br />

spur on much progress towards finishing<br />

my research project and has expanded<br />

my mind as a result of the exposure to a<br />

bigger picture of trauma surgery.<br />

Dr. Nerida Butche<br />

Dr. Nerida Butcher,<br />

John Hunter Hospital,<br />

Trauma Unit, Newcastle<br />

Australia<br />

ÜBER DAS STIPENDIUM<br />

Die European Society for Trauma and Emergency<br />

Surgery (ESTES) vergibt jährlich mehrere<br />

Stipendien an Fachärztinnen <strong>und</strong> Fachärzte<br />

beziehungsweise in der Facharztausbil-<br />

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Stipendien in Höhe von 1.000 Euro sollen<br />

den Besuch des ESTES-Kongresses ermöglichen.<br />

Der Großteil der Stipendien wird auf<br />

freiwilliger Basis von einzelnen Mitgliedsge-<br />

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<strong>Unfallchirurgie</strong> (DGU) seit Jahren den Betrag<br />

eines Stipendiums.<br />

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<strong>Orthopädie</strong> <strong>und</strong> <strong>Unfallchirurgie</strong> <strong>Mitteilungen</strong> <strong>und</strong> <strong>Nachrichten</strong> | April <strong>2012</strong><br />

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