Dear All,

Happy New Year!

Please see below for information on the Association of
Surgeons in Training Conference. Abstract submission
closes in a week and as well as being a decent conference
this is an excellent way to get a national presentation on
your CV. I have been twice before and been impressed with
the speakers both times and would encourage you to think
about submitting something and going along. A flyer will
appear on the TRIPS site shortly.

Also, the eLogbook now has a function that allows you to
compare your logbook experience with others at the same
stage nationally. This is extremely helpful if you, or
your program director, is worried about your numbers. Of
course the more people that use the logbook the better
this function will be so I would encourage you all to use
it for this reason as well as that it is the SAC and BAPS
endorsed logbook.

With best wishes for 2009,

Iain



ASiT Conference – Nottingham 2009

Friday 27 - Sunday 29 March


Call for Abstracts: 1 Weeks Remaining!
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Abstract submission closing deadline: Sunday 11 January
2009 midnight

Abstracts are invited from all surgical specialities
covering the following areas:
- Clinical Research
- Basic Science (including cell and animal studies)
- Training and Education
- Audit and observation of current practice
- Technical reports on new methods/techniques
- Case reports


There will be 5 separate prize sessions:
- SARS Academic and Research Surgery prize (basic science
and clinical)
- ASiT Medal (clinical)
- SARS/ASiT short-paper session
- ASiT Poster prize
- ASiT Medical Student prize


Prize-winning abstracts will be published in the Annals of
the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The best presentations will additionally be invited to
present at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain
and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting 2009.

Visit the new ASiT website to read the submission
guidelines and submit your abstract:

http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/index_conference_2009



Conference & Course Registration
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Online registration for pre-Conference courses and the
ASiT Conference is now open:

http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/index_conference_2009/registration

Conference registration early-bird closing: 22 February
2009