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

• STEP® Core (Surgical Training Education Programme)

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

• 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