Official Twitter account for WOC UK - British Division of an International Society Promoting Orthopaedic Education and Care in Developing Countries
Joined November 2018
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18 Jun 2025
🎉 Congrats to Dr Elodie Sike from Cameroon – winner of the 2025 WOC-UK Trainee BOA Travelling Fellowship! She’ll present her work on the Modified Masquelet Technique for infected long bone defects at #BOA2025 Global ortho in action! 🌍🦴 @deepamusafir1 @BritOrthopaedic
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17 Jun 2025
Alison Armstrong from Leicester sharing leadership lessons on the final module of this year's @BritOrthopaedic Future Leaders Programme she suggests appointing a mentor early and developing a spine of steel and a hand of kid glove
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3 Jun 2025
Can’t wait to get started! I have been involved in global development since my elective, it’s incredibly rewarding work - first port of call will be to survey membership! If you have a project or want to get involved with developing services get in touch!
3 Jun 2025
Delighted to announce the formation of the @BritishHip International Development Committee. Our first chair James Shelton from Sheffield is going to start work on helping us to deliver education and support on a global stage, to countries that might benefit from our support.
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7 Jun 2025
Aaand... we're off! WOC-UK Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 #WOCUK2025 @Orthoconcern @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic
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7 Jun 2025
Who will be our new @Orthoconcern secretary? Two past presidents pondering this important question! Interested? Contact me! @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk Open to all T&O consultants and trainees.
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7 Jun 2025
Dr Trish O'Connor, ED consultant, on the challenges of managing surgical patients on the Flying Specialists (FlySpec) programme in Zambia. #WOCUK2025. @Orthoconcern @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
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7 Jun 2025
Dr JC Allen Ingabire emphasising the importance of research in low and middle income countries #WOCUK2025 @Orthoconcern
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7 Jun 2025
A powerful demonstration of how simple interventions can have significant impact on patient care ##WOCUK2025 @Orthoconcern @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic
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7 Jun 2025
Mr Tim Williams highlighting @BOFAS_UK international work, teaching and training in LMIC environments. @Orthoconcern @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
The aim is to reduce the need on international faculty and hand over to local faculty.
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7 Jun 2025
Collaborative work is the way forward @EFASnews @BOFAS_UK @cosecsa @Orthoconcern @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk #WOCUK2025
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7 Jun 2025
Theme of collaborative work coming through strongly from @BSSHand @Orthoconcern @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic #WOCUK2025
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7 Jun 2025
Mr Duncan Whitwell telling us about the sterling work being carried out in LMICs by @BritOrthoOnc
@Orthoconcern @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
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7 Jun 2025
How good ate your fixations? Do you want to find out? Try the FFATs tool to aid development and mentorship. @Orthoconcern @AOFoundation #WOCUK2025 @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic
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7 Jun 2025
Strong @Orthoconcern @bota_uk partnership! We're proud of our trainee involvement, and we're the first orthopaedic specialist society to have a trainee-led subcommittee 🫱🏻🫲🏾
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7 Jun 2025
Productive earlymorning @Orthoconcern committee meeting! Now to start our conference! Thanks to @Biocomposites1 for this lovely space! @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
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7 Jun 2025
Missing the morning session for soemthing unforeseen last night. Excited to be talking this afternoon on trauma registries and setting up one for Low- and Middle- Income Countries. Representing Aberdeen and NHS Grampian as well! @bota_uk @OrthoGlobal @KiranHarding @NHSGra
7 Jun 2025
Productive earlymorning @Orthoconcern committee meeting! Now to start our conference! Thanks to @Biocomposites1 for this lovely space! @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
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7 Jun 2025
Another very successful WOC UK Annual Scientific Meeting concluded! Well done all! @Orthoconcern @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk @ashtin37 @82Rozh @globalorthopod @Orthocycle1
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7 Jun 2025
T&O trainees - want to get involved in global work? Reach out to @Orthoconcern @bota_uk @globalorthopod
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22 Apr 2025
🌍 Excited about global orthopaedics? Join us at WOC Congress 2025 in Keele for cutting-edge talks, collaboration & global impact!
📅 Don’t miss out – register now!
📄 Programme: wocuk.org/wp-content/uploads…
#GlobalOrtho #WOC2025 #GlobalSurgery
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4 Apr 2025
Not too late to sign up for the World Orthopaedic Concern annual conference! Still some places left! @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk @Orthoconcern
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