The Great Debate 2012 – Optimising Outcomes of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty


On the 29th and 30th June 2012, the MSk Lab organised a 2 day conference at the Mermaid Conference Centre. It was the 6th year this annual meeting has taken place, but the first time an educational institution has organised it. In previous years, Finsbury Orthopaedics and DePuy have been sole sponsors – making the event relatively closed to the broader spectrum of industry. However with Professor Cobb’s involvement over the years, his department took up the gauntlet of running the increasingly popular event going forward.

It is a highly interactive conference with time allocated for debates at the end of each session on ‘hot’ issues in hip and knee surgery, a chance for the delegates to vote on questions and text in comments related to the topics presented. With a prestigious faculty comprised of consultants from Australia, France, UK and the US, along with 15 event partners; the Great Debate has received extremely positive feedback and so planning has now started for TGD 2013.

“Both Dr Andrew Shimmin and I are extremely happy with how the event ran. We have chaired the meeting since its inception, and having the entire meeting run from the Lab made a big difference. The audience appreciated that the programme was entirely independent of industry bias. It is always a fun event to organise and be a part of and I am looking forward to seeing all those present in June at the 7th Great Debate in 2013.” Comments Professor Justin Cobb.

Tweet us or follow us @Great_Debate_UK which we will be using to try and keep some debate going, accept suggestions as to topics for discussion and provide details of who to expect to see, where and when in 2013

View our pictures at: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBoX5hb

 

 

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