Program
Thursday 9 October 2025
1.00pm – 5.00pm
AORA Executive meeting
Friday 10 October 2025
8.00am – 5.30pm
- Free Paper Presentations
- Career Development Session
- Exam Preparation Session
- International Guest Speaker Presentations
Welcome Cocktail Party
Saturday 11 October 2025
10.00am – 6.30pm
FEX focused Upper limb instructional course curated by the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia (SESA)
Shoulder Focus
- Lecture 1: Approach to the Stiff Shoulder
- Lecture 2: Cuff Disease – Small to Large Tears
- Lecture 3: Management Options for Massive Cuff Tears
- Small Group Session 1 - Shoulder Examination (Instability / Cuff / Neuro)
- Lecture 4: Instability – Laxity, Traumatic, Posterior
- Lecture 5: Young OA of the Shoulder
Shoulder Cases
- Lecture 6: Biologics – State of the Art in Shoulder & Elbow
- Small Group Session 2 - Shoulder Cases (OA, CTA, Bone Loss, MDI, TF Tears)
Elbow Focus
- Lecture 7: Tendinopathy and Tears (incl. Distal Biceps)
- Lecture 8: Elbow Instability – Acute vs Chronic
- Lecture 9: Elbow Trauma – Radial Head / Terrible Triad / Distal Humerus
- Small Group Session 3 - Elbow Cases (Instability, OA, RA, Lat Elbow Pain)
Advanced Elbow Topics
- Lecture 10: Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Trauma and Chronic Disease
- Lecture 11: TER and Infection
- Lecture 12: Nerve Lesions Around the Elbow
- Lecture 13: Elbow Examination & Nerve Assessment
- Panel Q&A / Wrap-Up Discussion
Social & Networking Night
Sunday 12 October 2025
8.00am – 1.00pm
National Trial Fellowship Exam