Cast a Plast, an orthopaedic workshop with hands-on experience in cast application organized by Rotaract Club of The Caduceus and sponsored by Essity, was conducted by experts in the field at The Yellow Ribbon, Bangalore on 11th of December 2021 . The excitement to get into the event began much before the event itself. About 20 participants had to be selected from a group of more than 60 MBBS students from various medical colleges in Bangalore through Google forms on a first come first serve basis.
The forms rolled out at sharp 20:00 (IST) hours the evening before, and the slots were filled up within the span of a few minutes. The event started at 14:00 (IST) the next day online on a Zoom meeting that was joined by students and departments from various medical colleges across the state. Dr. Pramod, an orthopaedic onco-surgeon, and head of the team at TYR, introduced the guest speaker Dr. Devashis R Barick who is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon with many academic papers to his credit.