. Glasgow Temporal Bone Course - Introduction .
Courses: Plastic Bones: Website		The course began in 1976 and since then almost 1300 surgeons have participated and we have the pleasure of welcoming otologists from many countries. The stimulus to the development of this practical course in otology was the poor manipulative skill of surgeons in training and the impossibility of comprehending the complex anatomy of the temporal bone without personally experiencing it in 3 dimensions. You can download the course manual in Acrobat format here Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Worldwide there is increasing difficulty in procuring cadaver temporal bones. This is because of changing religious, cultural and public health attitudes. How then is the aspiring ear surgeon to learn how to do ear surgery; on patients? But informed patients are increasingly reluctant to allow inexperienced surgeons to operate on them and are more liable to seek legal advice if there is a less than perfect surgical outcome. Fortunately one of the tutors has developed plastic temporal bones which allow the acquisition of the skills necessary for all the common ear operations. These plastic bones have been used since the 56th Course in May 2000.

As a service to otology Glasgow Temporal Bone Course initiated the organised Masterclass demonstrations at the British Academic Conferences in Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester, Cambridge and similarly at the World Congresses in Madrid and Istanbul. World famous surgeons performed and explained their techniques on temporal bones specially prepared to mimic common ear diseases. These Masterclasses have become a permanent feature of the World Congresses and have been extended to other branches of the specialty. The tutors ran the Glasgow course in the Sultanate of Oman in January 94. In October that year Glasgow expertise helped set up the first Temporal Bone Course in the University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. In February 97 one of the tutors was invited to Kathmandu to help set up the first Temporal Bone and Ear Surgery Course in Nepal. Tutors have also been invited to speak at temporal bone courses in Malaysia, South Africa, the Philippines and Myanmar.

Now through the Magic of Interactive Photography you can visit the Glasgow Bone Course and see for yourself the working environment. Just click on the images

 

Iain RC Swan MD FRCSEd Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, University of Glasgow. Consultant Otologist to the Scottish Section of the MRC Institute of Hearing Research. Honorary Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Examiner, Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Ex-examiner, Intercollegiate Examination in Otolaryngology
Gerard Kelly MD MEd FRCS(ORL-HNS) Consultant ENT and skull base surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary Honorary senior lecturer in Otolaryngology, University of Leeds Member of Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Otolaryngology, Question Writing Group Examiner DOHNS