The APCP South West Committee is delighted to present the fifth and final webinar in our popular series.
Guest Speaker: Miss Caroline Edwards- Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant at university Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
Ms Caroline Edwards is fellowship trained in paediatric orthopaedics, and her specialist interests are foot and ankle surgery, sports injury, and cerebral palsy.
She completed her basic orthopaedic training in Devon and Cornwall. She undertook a specialist children's orthopaedic fellowship in Southampton and foot and ankle fellowships in Devon. Her cerebral palsy training was at Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia's National Cerebral Palsy Institute. She has well-established links with leading US and Australian surgeons, and has a key role in the British and European Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy.
Caroline's practice reflects a busy NHS practice that includes trauma, complex neuromuscular disorders, foot and ankle surgery, and sports surgery. Treatment is usually up to the age of 18 years, with extension to age 25 years for neuromuscular disorders that would benefit from a paediatric environment and approach.
Caroline's ethos is to treat every child and family as individuals, and aim to reach the child's maximum potential with minimal risks.
Learning Outcomes:
- To gain an understanding of neurological/CP related hip pathologies and why they are treated.
- To understand the assessment and management of paediatric neurological hip pathologies.
- To understand the role of the physiotherapist in rehabilitation post surgery.
- To touch on current evidence base regarding assessment and treatment of paediatric neurological hip pathologies.