The surgery departments of Ghent University Hospital cordially invite you to this postgraduate program.
Target Group
- Surgeons (trainees, fellows, consultants)
- Orthopaedics (trainees, fellows, consultants)
- Accident & Emergency physicians (trainees, fellows, consultants)
- Anaesthesiology (trainees, fellows, consultants)
- Intensive care physicians (trainees, fellows, consultants)
- Nurses (A&E, intensive care, operating room, surgical wards)
Program
This postgraduate training will be given in Dutch.
- 18:30 | Registration with snack
- 19:00 | Trauma care @UZ
Stig Walravens - 19:20 | Case 1: Blunt traumatic injury: save the limb
Louise Beckers Perletti en Bernard Peeters - 19:35 | Case 2: Bull-induced trauma
Dries Wouters of Sarah Nobels en Frederic De Ryck - 19:50 | Case 3: Penetrating neck trauma
Laura Van de Loock en Nathalie Moreels - 20:05 | Case 4: High velocity trauma with bilateral tension pneumothorax
Maxim Peeters en Liesbeth Desender - 20:20 | Case 5: Blast injury following gas explosion: multidisciplinary approach
Gilles Decraemer en Isabelle Van Herzeele - 20:35 | Q&A
- 20:45 | From training to teamwork: Strengthening trauma care together
Wouter Degrève en Isabelle Van Herzeele
Moderators: Wouter Degrève, Klaas Vanderbiest, Jan Van Meirhaeghe
Practical information
Registering in advance is required and can be done until May 29, 2026.
If unable to attend, please do inform els.broodcorens@ugent.be and/or saskia.lenssens@uzgent.be.
Accreditation has been requested.
