Key Achievements & Innovations
- International EIP Conference
- UK’s First Student-Led Paediatric Plastic Surgery Conference
- Aesthetics Teaching Series Debut
- Enhanced Collaborations: Strengthened partnerships with Surg Soc, KCL PRASS, and BLAPRAS through joint conferences, shared resources, and cross-promotion.
- New Workshop Pilots: Introduced innovative sessions like hand syndactyly, ear reconstruction, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, wise pattern workshop.
Key Changes & Rationale
- Balanced Pre-Christmas Schedule: Increased from 1 event to 2 core events (RTS, Paeds) + biweekly online talks, reducing publicity strain and maintaining engagement
- External Event Coordination: RTS {October} and EiP {January} strategically avoid Trauma Conference {November}
- Subcommittee Empowerment: Ensure Subcommittee becomes more accustomed and easily take on core committee roles next year
- Year-Round Skill Progression: {Oct–Dec} Foundational Skills → {Jan–Mar} Advanced Topics (EIP, Aesthetics, Micro) → {June} Networking Closure
Ideas/Improvements
- Panel Discussion and Networking Evenings
- Biweekly Online Teaching Series
- 2-Day Microsurgery Course
- Flap Dissection Course
- Drawing Course
- Sculpting Course
- Anatomy/Microsurgery Competition or Pub Quiz Socials
- Digital Hackathon
- Christmas Dinner
- Pre-Conference Socials
- iPRAS awards hosted by Presidents
- Regular Check-Ins with Publicity
- Build an organising team for each event to encourage committee-wide involvement
- Charity of the Month Announcements and Fundraising
Massive thank you to everyone who has participated and helped at our events, it was incredibly rewarding to see many of you enjoy the journey iPRAS has taken us on together. It has been our honour to take plastic surgical education to greater heights through innovative simulation workshops and in-depth exploration of underrepresented sub-specialties and we hope to build on such foundations in the upcoming year.