Upcoming events
AUCA - Advanced Male Urethral Catheterisation Course (various dates)
Overview: The advanced male urethral catheterisation (AMUC) training course aims to provide participants with the necessary knowledge base and practical skills to confidently manage challenging and difficult cases independently, employing advanced urethral catheterisation techniques and using Urethrotech UCD catheter with confidence.
Dates:
4 July 2025 (1.30pm - 5.30pm)
3 October 2025 (1.30pm - 5.30pm)
5 December 2025 (1.30pm - 5.30pm)
Price: £371.60
Venue: UCH Education Centre, London, NW1 2PG
More information and booking: https://auca.arlo.co/w/
Cambridge Anastomosis Course (7 - 10 July 2025)
Overview: The practical hands-on intensive 4-day surgical skills course is taught by expert faculty in their specialist fields. The course allows delegates to perform a wide range of anastomosis: small bowel, colonic, gastrojejunostomy, Oesophago-gastotomy, Ureteric reconstruction, bladder injury repair, vascular, laparoscopic suturing and anastomoses, human factors workshop.
Aims:
To feel confident on handling a wide range of tissues
To learn tissue handling and a variety of Anastomotic techniques (hand sewn and stapling)
Target Audience: General Surgeons and Gynecologists
Venue: Cambridge Surgical Training Centre, The Quorum, Barnwell Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RE
Fee: £1060
Contact: Angela Gray (ajg203@cam.ac.uk) and 01223 596189
Website: https://www.cam-pgmc.ac.uk/courses/cambridge-anastomosis-course-7th-july-10th-july-2025
Newcastle Surgical Training Centre - Robotic Urology Course (1-2 September 2025)
Overview: This course is designed to facilitate the surgeon with didactic and hands-on cadaveric training experience. Conducted by a faculty of experienced surgeons, this is an intensive two day course of lectures, debate, exchange and practical hands-on experience on procedures using the da Vinci Robot.
Target Audience: Consultants and Advanced Trainees
Aims:
- To become familiar with the function and operation of the da Vinci® Surgical System, the ergonomics and the available robotic instrumentation
- To learn robotic tissue dissection techniques using monopolar, bipolar, harmonic and plasma kinetic energy in robotic surgery.
- To understand the selection process for patient position, da Vinci surgical team position and robotic surgical approaches
Venue: Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Email: nuth.nstc.enquiries@nhs.net
Website: https://nstcsurg.org/
Newcastle Surgical Training Centre - National Head and Neck Course (5-7 November 2025)
Overview: This course has been designed with maximum hands-on operating time so that every delegate will be able to perform every procedure under direct supervision in a unique, intensive series of practical surgical cadaveric workshops. In addition, faculty will provide didactic lectures, open forums and case-based discussions.
Sessions:
- Tracheostomy
- Thyroid Lobectomy
- External pharyngeal pouch surgery
- Submandibular gland surgery
- Neck dissection
- Parotidectomy
- Laryngectomy / TEP
- Mandibulotomy
- Maxillectomy
- Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap
- Deltopectoral flap
- Fibula osteocutaneous free flap
- Radial forearm free flap
Target Audience: Trainees (ST3 – ST8) and Consultants
Venue: Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Email: nuth.nstc.enquiries@nhs.net
Website: https://nstcsurg.org/
The Royal College of Surgeons of England provides a quality mark for educational events by accrediting external providers and their educational portfolio, accrediting individual courses and awarding CPD points to non-accredited educational events. There are a number of ways you can search for a suitable event:
- The list of our accredited courses.
- External websites of our accredited centres.
- The non-accredited events awarded CPD points.