Price Thomas travel bursaries 2010

The Travelling Surgical Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is pleased to invite applications for the 2010 Price Thomas Travelling Fellowships.

Closing date: 18th September 2009

The Travelling Surgical Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a group of surgeons from across the United Kingdom which travels to various hospitals and surgical departments around the world and in the UK. These are academic and clinical meetings and the purpose is to encourage educational and surgical exchanges.

The Society was founded in 1924 with Lord Moynihan as it's first president. The current membership consists of about fifty surgeons of whom thirty are in active practice. It is distinguished by numerous titles, honours, and Presidencies of learned organisations including Royal Colleges. Two active members are Vice-Presidents of The Royal College of Surgeons of England and one is a Minister of Health. The membership also boasts some unusual accolades, including an Honored Member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, a Lambeth Doctorate of Medicine (awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury), a Kentucky Colonel and a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite.


Sir Clement Price Thomas was the third President of the Travelling Surgical Club (as it was then known) from 1952 to 1972. His other Presidencies including that of the BMA and the Royal Society of Medicine: he also became a Council Member and Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

His son Martyn was consultant general surgeon to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport from 1975 to 1990, developing an interest in urology and breast cancer. He served as surgical tutor to the Royal College of Surgeons and was a popular examiner in Wales and the University of Cambridge. Having retired early in 1990 from his post in Newport, he continued in clinical practice as Consultant Surgeon to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Martyn’s natural teaching ability inspired him to volunteer as a demonstrator in the Department of Anatomy.

These awards were established in their memory. There will be two bursaries. The holders of the 2009 awards were Mr David Jayne and Mr Tim Lane, who travelled to Iceland with the Travelling Surgical Society from 30th May to June 6th 2009.

The 2010 bursaries are for the society's trip to Cuba and Barbados. The bursaries will cover registration fees, travelling expenses, hotel costs and all organised meals.The trip is planned for 14 March – 26 March 2010.

Who may apply
Application is open to surgical trainees at ST5 or more senior by May 2009 or to consultants within 10 years of appointment. Surgeons from the following specialties may apply:
General surgery, including any of the subspecialties (Breast, Vascular, Colorectal, Upper GI, Hepato-pancreatico-biliary, Endocrine), Cardiothoracic, Plastic , Urology, General Paediatric, Transplantation or Military Surgery.
The Travelling Surgical Society does not have members in Ophthalmic, EENT , OMFS or Orthopaedic Surgery.

What sort of papers are suitable for presentation?
Presentations must be original work for which the presenter was a principle investigator. Clinical or basic science research are welcome. However, presentations on other aspects of surgery are also welcome, especially since the audience is likely to represent a wide range of surgical disciplines. The Society has a particular interest in surgical and military surgical history.

Case reports and small case series are not suitable for presentation. Talks will be 20 minutes each including questions.

 

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