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Specialty Programmes
The Education Department offers specialty trainees an extensive range of courses to support the development of surgical skills across the specialties.
A comprehensive range of courses is offered across all the surgical specialties and subspecialties, and throughout the career ladder. This year we will be running many courses, ranging from specialty skills training for CT1s to masterclasses for established consultants.
Our courses are developed by the Education Department tutors who act in partnership with their specialist associations. This affiliation ensures that courses are based on:
- identified training needs, mapped to the requirements of the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum (ISCP);
- state-of-the-art technology;
- leading edge clinical practice.
Our specialty skills courses aimed at CT1-2 and above, build on the sound generic foundations of the Basic Surgical Skills Course. These practical, hands-on workshops cover the operative procedures and anatomical knowledge regarded as essential to trainees in any given specialty.
Courses teaching more complex procedures using anatomical prosection are generally available to trainees at ST3 and above. These courses have been designed to provide training in some of the latest innovative techniques and advanced procedures within a specialty. The latest examples of best practice, state of the art equipment and expert faculty combine to create unrivalled opportunities for learning new skills and procedures.
Finally, we have developed a highly successful series of masterclasses across the surgical specialties, bringing internationally renowned keynote speakers to debate topical subjects and share knowledge and skills with an influential audience of consultants and trainees in years 5-6.
