A huge thank you to everyone who has participated and helped at our events this year, 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.
Key Achievements:
- EIP Conference International
- First global edition in IPRAS history, attracting speakers and delegates from abroad.
- UK’s First Student-Led Paeds Conference
- Pioneered a pediatric plastics conference addressing congenital anomalies and cleft care, entirely student-organized.
- Aesthetics Teaching Series Debut
- Launched IPRAS’s first dedicated aesthetics curriculum, including new rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty workshops.
- Enhanced Collaborations
- Strengthened partnerships with Surg Soc, KCL PRASS, and BLAPRAS through joint conferences
- New Workshop Pilots
- Introduced innovative sessions like hand syndactyly, ear reconstruction, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, wise pattern workshop.
Our Plans for Next Year
- Education: Biweekly online teaching, a 2-day microsurgery course, flap dissection, drawing through reconstructive lenses, and a sculpting course.
- Events/Social: Panel discussions, networking evenings, anatomy/microsurgery competition, pub quiz socials, digital hackathon, pre-conference socials, Christmas dinner, and iPRAS Awards hosted by presidents.
- Organization: Task tracking, regular publicity check-ins, and clear delegation to involve all committee members in event planning with dedicated teams.