Tayside Orthopaedic Research Collaborative

A trainee-led collaborative research organisation

Created to support those undertaking research in Tayside, and to promote collaborative working within and outside the deanery. TORC provided funding for departmental research, as well as hosting the annual Tayside Orthopaedic Research Collaborative Conference (TORCC).

Tayside Orthopaedic Research Collaborative Conference 2024

14th Annual Scientific Meeeting

Daytime Conference

Held once each year, the event allows all trainees as well as foundation doctors, medical students, and other colleagues who have carried out research in the department to present their research. The day is also host to guest speakers from various institutions. It is an event that we like to promote, and anyone, from any rotation is welcome to attend, submit work for review, and most importantly, meet and learn from all those who are attending.

We have a number of exciting speakers lined-up as well as presentations and stands from various industry partners.

We will also benefit from hearing talks from some of our newly-appointed consultants on their recent fellowship experiences.

15th November 2024

Apex Hotel, City Quay, Dundee

9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Keynote speaker:

We are pleased to announce that our Keynote speaker for this year Professor Xavier Griffin, work renowned for his Orthopaedics Research, based with NDORMS at the University of Oxford.

Post-Conference Evening Event

Our post-conference evening event will this year be held at the Apex Hotel, City Quay, Dundee. This event involves a drinks reception and dinner, and a great opportunity to get to know our attendees. We hope to have a great evening and get to know more about our excellent presenters and attendees across the evening.

15th November 2024

Apex Hotel, City Quay, Dundee

Reception begins at 7:00 pm

The evening event will cost £68.50 with a welcome drink on arrival and wine with a three course dinner.

Please paste the following link into your browser or click the QR code and buy your tickets now - https://TORC2024.eventbrite.co.uk.

Abstract Submission

We are now accepting abstracts for podium and poster presentations!

There will be three categories available for submission: Registrars, Foundation Doctors and Medical Students. If the abstract is submitted to the Registrar category, a registrar must present the work (the same applies to the Medical Student and Foundation Doctor categories).

If the abstract does not meeting the following criteria it will not be accepted for either presentation.

Criteria:
Abstracts must be 300 words or fewer.
Abstracts should be submitted via a single Word document attachment and emailed to “taysideorthopaedics@gmail.com” .
Additional authors cannot be added once an abstract has been submitted.
The work submitted must be original, and unpublished work is preferred.
The structure of the abstract must include the following sections: Title, Introduction/Background, Aims, Methods, Results, and Discussion/Conclusion.
The abstract must be submitted under one of the following categories: Registrars, Foundation Doctors and Medical Students (please indicate in the email which category you wished to be entered into).
If an abstract is accepted for either a podium or poster presentation, at least one of the corresponding authors must register, attend the conference and present the work.

Abstract submission has been extended!
All abstracts must be submitted by 23:59 on Friday 18th October 2024, any late submissions will not be accepted.