SCOT Meeting Prizes

There is a Registrar Free Paper session at both the Winter and Summer SCOT. Abstract Submission is organised by Professor Simpson’s team in Edinburgh. It is announced via an email from four regional TPDs. Abstracts are marked by a panel, representative of all the regions.

During each meeting, the presentations are marked by a panel representing all regions. Invited keynote speakers are sometimes also invited to joint the judging panel. Presentations are scored on a combination of content, presentation, contribution to research and handling of questions.

For Summer 2020, an additional e-Poster session was provided and published on the website. These were also marked by the panel using the criteria of content, layout/presentation and contribution.

Ivan Brenkel Research Prize

From Winter SCOT 2023 onwards, the 1st Prize awarded at the Winter SCOT has been named the “Ivan Brenkel Research Prize” to recognise the immense contribution to supporting orthopaedic research by trainees in Scotland, as well as organising the annual Winter SCOT Meeting over a large number of years.

Medical Student Research Prize

There is recognition of an increasing number of high quality research submitted to the SCOT Meetings, undertaken by medical students. From Winter SCOT 2023 the judging panel have the option to award a separate prize for a research project presented by a medical student.

Summer SCOT 2024

1st Prize – Katrina Bell (South East)

THE NUMBER OF DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY WILL INCREASE BY MORE THAN HALF BY 2040: PREDICTION MODELLING USING NATIONAL DATA

K.R. Bell, L.Z. Yapp, T.O. White, S.G. Molyneux, N.D. Clement, A.D. Duckworth.

Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, EH16 4SA,. 

2nd Prize – Nicholas Heinz (South East)

A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF LONG-TERM PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES COMPARING UNSTABLE ANKLE FRACTURES WITH AND WITHOUT A POSTERIOR MALLEOLUS FRACTURE

N.R. Heinz1, S. Fredrick2, A.K. Amin1,2, A.D. Duckworth1,2,3, T.O. White11Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. 2University of Edinburgh. 3Usher Institute at Bioquarter, Edinburgh, 

3rd Prize – Tim Gardner (North)

PREDICTORS OF ROTATIONAL FAILURE IN PAEDIATRIC SUPRACONDYLAR HUMERAL FRACTURES

W. T. Gardner1, P. Davies2, D. Campbell2, M. Reidy11Royal Aberdeen Childrens Hospital, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZG. 2Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD2 1GZ. 

Honorable Mention

The Judges wished to give special mention to the following paper, presented by a physician detailing their experience of joining and integrating a new role of a Specialty Doctor in Medicine to an Orthopaedic Unit:

EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ACUTE MEDICAL REGISTRAR IN ORTHOPAEDICS

A.M. Jennings1, S. Dalgleish1, C. Baines21 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY.2 Department of General Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY

Winter SCOT 2024

Ivan Brenkel Research Prize – 1st Prize: William Oliver (South East)

A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL OF OPERATIVE VERSUS NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF FRACTURES OF THE HUMERAL: DIAPHYSIS: THE HUMERAL SHAFT FRACTURE FIXATION (HU-FIX) STUDY
W.M. Oliver, K.R. Bell, T.H. Carter, T.O. White, N.D. Clement, A.D. Duckworth, S.G. Molyneux
Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH16 4SA, UK

2nd Prize: Andrew Hall (South East)

A NATIONWIDE MULTICENTRE STUDY EVALUATING THE PREVALENCE, CASEMIX AND MANAGEMENT OF PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURES: THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL AUDIT OF PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURES (SNAP FEMUR) INTIAL REPORT
A.J. Hall, N.D. Clement, L. Farrow, J.W. Kennedy, T. Harding, A.D. Duckworth, A.M.J. Maclullich, P. Walmsley, on behalf of SCOTNET SNAP FEMUR GROUP
School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9TF, UK

3rd Prize: M Ammori (North)

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VS. MANUAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY – PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES AT 12 MONTHS
M Ammori, S Hancock, P Talukdar, C Munro, A Johnston
Woodend Hospital, Eday Road, Aberdeen, AB15 6XS

Winter SCOT 2023

Ivan Brenkel Research Prize – 1st Prize: Tom Carter (South East)

MEDIAL MALLEOLUS: OPERATIVE OR NON-OPERATIVE (MOON) – ‘A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISEDCONTROLLED TRIAL OF OPERATIVE VERSUS NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ASSOCIATED MEDIAL MALLEOLUS FRACTURES IN UNSTABLE ANKLE FRACTURES’
TH. Carter, WM. Oliver, KR. Bell, C. Graham, AD. Duckworth, TO. White; Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA

2nd Prize: Katie Hughes (South East)

OUR CTEV ACHILLES TENOTOMY JOURNEY – FROM CONSULTANT-DELIVERED CARE UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHETIC TO PHYSIOTHERAPY-DELIVERED CARE IN OUTPATIENT CLINIC – OUTCOMES FROM 45 FEET
K. Hughes, M. Quarm, S. Paterson, E. Baird; Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, UK

3rd Prize: Luke Farrow (North)

PREDICTED FUTURE LENGTH OF WAIT FOR ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS AWAITING ROUTINE ELECTIVE SURGERY IN SCOTLAND
L. Farrow, P.J. Jenkins, E. Dunstan, A. Murray, M. Blyth, N. Clement; Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN

Medical Student Research Prize (Shreya Gupta, University of Edinburgh)

PRE-EXISTING KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND JOINT DEPRESSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TKA REQUIREMENT AFTER TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE IN PATIENTS ≥60 YEARS OF AGE
S. Gupta1, D. Sadczuk1, F. Riddoch2, W. Oliver2, E. Davidson2, T. O. White2, J. F. Keating2, C. E. H. Scott2; 1Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK 2Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK

Summer SCOT 2022

Winter SCOT 2022

1st Prize: Gareth Turnbull (West)

Development of composite bioinks that can be injected or 3D bioprinted to aid osteochondral defect repair (Turnbull GS, Shu W, Picard F, Clarke JV)

2nd Prize: Jay Chuntamongkol (West)

The influence of body mass index on long term survivorship of primary knee arthroplasty (Chuntamongkol R, Burt J, Zaffar H, Habbick T, Picard F, Clarke J, Gee C)

3rd Prize: Fabienne Robertson (South-East)

Outcomes of Poole traction splinting for hand phalangeal fractures: a single region experience. Robertson F, Jones J, Simpson C, Molyneux SG, Duckworth AD)

Summer SCOT 2021

1st Prize: Katrina Bell (South-East)
Operatively managed distal radius fractures: complications and re-intervention rate from a single centre (KR Bell, J Balfour, WM Oliver, TO White, SG Molyneux, ND Clement, AD Duckworth)

2nd Prize: Hattie Pleasant (South-East)
Delayed ACJ reconstruction does not increase the risk of fixation failure or major complications (H Pleasant, P Robinson, CM Robinson, JA Nicholson)

3rd Prize: Luke Farrow (North)
Use of pre-operative EUROQOL FIVE-DIMENSION (EQ-5D) scores to prioritise patients for elective hip and knee arthroplasty in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (L Farrow, J Redmore, P Talukdar, GP Ashcroft)

Winter SCOT 2021

1st Prize: Tom Carter (South-East)
Acute distal biceps tendon repair using an EndoButton technique results in excellent short and long-term patient outcome. A single-centre experience of 102 patients (TH Carter, BJ Karunaratne, WM Oliver, IR Murray, JT Reid, TO White, AD Duckworth

Joint 2nd Prize: Jamie Nicholson (South-East)
Three-dimensional ultrasound reconstruction of sonographic callus: a novel imaging modality for early evaluation of fracture healing (JA Nicholson, WM Oliver, F Perks, T Macgillivray, CM Robinson, AHRW Simpson)

Joint 2nd Prize: Luke Farrow (North)
Future demand for primary hip and knee arthroplasty in Scotland (L Farrow, S Gaba, GP Ashcroft)

Summer SCOT 2020

  • AJ Hall (1st)
  • Nathan Ng (2nd)
  • DA Skipsey (Joint 3rd)
  • MMK Jalal (Joint 3rd)
  • NR Davies-Branch (Poster)