The final list of abstracts for the BESS 2013 Leicester meeting  have now been decided. Corresponding authors will be informed by email in the next 24 hours. In view of the delay of the announcement the last date for early bird rates has been postponed to Thursday 16^th May

 SHOULDER RESEARCH NEEDS YOU

PLEASE JOIN UP  TO THE CSAW TRIAL

Dear BESS Member
 
Please find the updated evidence based guidelines for VTE in shoulder and elbow surgery which the BESS council members led by Jonny Rees as Research Chairman have produced to replace the previous edition which was written some time ago. Please feel free to use these in your practice and hospitals. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about these updated guidelines please direct them to myself at secretary@bess.org.uk or to Jonny Rees at research@bess.org.uk.  
 
I hope you find them useful.

Click here to download

Kind regards
 
Mike Thomas
BESS Secretary

 Dear BESS members

 Pump priming research grants

BESS 2012 Final Programme

Download the final programme

Shoulders and elbows on NJR

http://www.njrcentre.org.uk/njrcentre/tabid/240/Default.aspx

AHP Programme

Wednesday 13^th June 9 -12 noon

BESS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Measuring effectiveness of interventions for shoulder pain

Torbay, 13th June 2012

Dear member

The British Elbow and Shoulder Society goes from strength to strength. Our current membership is 501, comprising 408 surgeons and 93 physiotherapists. This is an increase from 169 in 2002 and is a testament to the success of the Society and the growth of specialist interest in the management of shoulder and elbow problems.

FINAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday 22nd June 2011

10.00        Registration

10.30 – 11.50    Research  Symposium - “Shoulder Biomechanics”
        Chair:    Amar Rangan, Middlesbrough

10.30        CLINICAL APPLICATION OF SOFT TISSUE BIOMECHANICAL MODELS
        Anthony Bull, London

Members are invited to bring their partners for the BESS members' dinner on Thursday 23rd June.  Numbers are limited and therefore a first come first served rule will apply. If you are interested in bringing a partner please email me on secretary@bess.org.uk

Ro Kulkarni
BESS Secretary

Abstract submission is now closed. We had 180 abstracts submitted this year which is a record for BESS. These are curently being reviewed by the BESS Committee and once the scoring is complete notification of the results will be sent to all first authors.

Ro kulkarni

SEC

BESS

A PDF containing information about the forthcoming AHP MEETING is now available.

BESS 2011 Second Announcement and March Newsletter

Hi all

We are well into 2011 and BESS 2011(Northeast) is fast approaching.  It promises to be an excellent meeting and I urge you to register early.

We have an exciting programme with the usual mix of poster and podium presentations, hot topics, research and education sessions and the AGM. Please note that for morning master classes the topics in nerve injury and trauma differ from Thursday to Friday whereas the elbow arthroplasty symposium will be repeated.  Master classes will need to be pre-booked and you should contact the conference organisers, Sovereign Conference, (association@sovereignconference.co.uk) if you haven’t already reserved a place.

BESS 2011

Latest Programme

There has been a change in the local organiser’s guest speaker.

We are very honoured to welcome Dr Stephen J O’Brien from New York as the Guest Speaker.

First Announcement  BESS 2011 Northeast

The local organisers Allan Stirrat, Amar Rangan and  Jaime Candal-Couto Dave Cloke and Lorna Goodchild welcome you to BESS 2011 to be held at Sage, Gateshead from Wednesday 22nd June to Friday 24th  June 2011

Academic Support Day

9th July 2010

Venue: Alcuin Research Resource Centre, University of York

Web-link / directions: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/arrc/        

Faculty:   BESS                                        York Trials Unit (YTU)

Prof.Andy Carr                                    Prof.David Torgerson (Director, YTU)
Mr.David Stanley                   Dr.Catherine Hewitt (Medical Statistics)

                        Prof.Amar Rangan                  Dr.Stephen Brealey (Trial management)

 
PROGRAMME
9:00 – 9:30              Registration with refreshments

9:30                           Introduction                                                                        A.Rangan
9:45                           Why do we conduct randomised trials?          D.Torgerson

10:05                         Assessment of outcomes                                     A.Carr
10:25                         Statistics in clinical studies                                   C.Hewitt

10:45                         Research Governance                                           S.Brealey
11:05                         Coffee break
11:25                         Workshop 1 - Presentation of projects           All Faculty

 by Fellows & Trainees + discussion
13:00                         LUNCH
13:45                         Workshop 2 – Presentations by Fellows         All Faculty

                                    & Trainees + discussion

16:00                         Summary, feedback and close
 

Draft programme for Oxford 2010

Venue & Information for BESS 2010 meeting in Oxford.

Dear All

Following numerous requests from members the last dates for abstract submission and early bird registration have been extended for a further week. Both will be extended until midnight the 17th of January.

Kind Regards

Ro Kulkarni

BESS SEC

BESS, Royal College of Surgeons 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,  WC2A 3PN, United Kingdom

BESS 2010

Closed Meeting

The local organiser Andy Carr and his team welcome you to BESS 2010 to be held at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford from Thursday 25th March to Friday 26th March 2010.
 

Programme

BESS 2009
 

BESS 2009 will be held at UCL London 24th -26th June 2009

This brief letter is to clarify some of the issues that were discussed at the AGM and during the Hot Topics. 

Enclosed is a letter resulting from the BESS meeting at Liverpool.

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In honour of the late Paul Calvert, two awards entitled the “Paul Calvert Educational Awards” are be given out at the BESS AGM to members...