Foundation and Core Years
Courses for foundation trainees
Designed to support foundation trainees in general and in particular those in a surgical rotation (some also applicable to medical students):
- STEP® Foundation
- Portfolio Development for Foundation Doctors - STEP® Foundation Day 1
- Interview Practice for Foundation Doctors - STEP® Foundation Day 2
- Systematic Training in Acute Illness Recognition and Treatment for Surgery (START Surgery)
- So you want to be an orthopaedic surgeon
Courses for Core Surgical Trainees
A well established programme of courses to develop core surgical skills and knowledge for CT1-2 and equivalent levels.
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®)
- CCrISP® (Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient)
- Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) Course
Blended distance learning
Exam preparation, anatomy, basic sciences
- Applied Basic Surgical Sciences for the Intercollegiate MRCS OSCE
- Core Surgical Sciences for the Intercollegiate MRCS - Communication Skills module
- Core Surgical Sciences programme for the Intercollegiate MRCS
- Core Surgical Anatomy, Radiology and Physiology for the Intercollegiate MRCS
- STEP® Core (Surgical Training Education Programme)
Specialty based
A comprehensive range of specialty based courses is available, many of which are applicable to CT1-2 and equivalent levels. They are listed under the relevant specialty areas.
Other disciplines
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Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support Course (PHTLS) (for HCD qualified technicians, HPC registered paramedics, registered nurses involved in pre-hospital care, registered medical practitioners)
Summary of foundation and core training course provision

