New sessions being added weekly

I am pleased to report that three more sessions went live on the e-lpras project web site (http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/projects/plastic-reconstructive-and-aesthetic-surgery/access-the-e-learning/). These are on:

• Adjuvant Therapy in Sarcoma
• Management of Regional Lymphadenopathy in Sarcoma
• Bites in the Upper Limb. 

This means that all of the sarcoma sessions are now online - a very good revision tool for anyone preparing for the FRCS in plastic surgery.

I am still dealing with a backlog of sessions that have been written and transformed by the instructional design team but are now in my inbox waiting to be edited. If you are waiting to find out what is happening with your session I do apologise. I have been in discussion with BAPRAS to increase my time commitment to the project (aided by an additional grant for Health Education England) so I hope that this will start to improve.

Because of the backlog I am not actively recruiting more authors at the moment but if you would like to be working on something now and you have the time to do so, please get in touch with me (elpras.project@googlemail.com). All of the generic sessions have been written but there are plenty left to write within Head & Neck, Lower Limb, Breast, Trunk, Perineum, Burns.

Another piece of good news that I would like to share with you is that the British Society for Surgery of the Hand has approached BAPRAS to assist with writing the Upper Limb module. I am delighted that we will be able to share this very valuable learning tool and look forward to working with them in the future.

Two new sessions uploaded this week

In the past week we have uploaded sessions on why patients are sometimes dissatisfied with the outcome of their surgery and on the embryology of the head and neck. You will now find these live and accessible on the website. Many thanks to the authors.

Module 1 Essentials of Plastic Surgery is now virtually complete, apart from a handful of sessions where we have some image copyright issues to resolve and one where I was badly let down by an author. Module 2 Surgical Principles is fully allocated and much of the content is now with the Instructional Designers.

This week was a single e-LPRAS day for me. I was editing sessions on bites in the upper limb and fat transfer, both of which are in great shape (thanks Nicholas and Patrick). I also signed off a session on the management of regional lymph nodes in sarcoma, which will go live as soon as we have resolved some image copyright issues. A few new authors have been allocated sessions to work on too.

Next week I am off to BAPRAS Council to give them an update on the project. I have some exciting news to tell them and I'll share it here after the meeting.

This blog has been resurrected

When I first set up the blog I was getting excited about the launch of the first sessions online. Since then I have completely neglected to keep it up to date. I propose to correct this by sending out weekly blogs about the progress of the project and the titles of new sessions that have gone live.

The sessions for Module 1 (Surgical Principles) are not mostly built and online. Plastic surgery trainees should be finding this to be a useful introduction to the subject and a concise revision tool. We are now working on Module 2 with the aim of having all the sessions online next year. There are random other sessions being written and designed from the other 7 modules.

Last week saw a session on Peripheral Nerve Tumours and another on Osseointegrated Implants go live.

Don't forget that you can register with the project or access your learning materials on: http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/projects/plastic-reconstructive-and-aesthetic-surgery/access-the-e-learning/