Excellence in Surgical Supervision (ESS) course 02E

This course is designed for senior trainees (ST7–8), consultants and SAS grades who are, or who are about to become, designated clinical or educational supervisors: 

• Professional development; 
• Consultant; 
• SAS;
• ST7 and ST8; 

After attending this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the structure of surgical training and the key educational roles within it.

• Develop effective training relationships while supporting shared expectations, comprising the ability to: 
  • Write effective supervisory reports, incorporating Generic Professional Capabilities (GPC) terminology.
  • Describe effective workplace-based assessments and deliver constructive feedback;

• Manage excelling and under-performing trainees.
• Describe the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) process.
• Assimilate the key features of the 2021 curricula into your supervisory practice.
  
  
  
  
  

This multi-format course combines e-learning, interactive seminars and a range of practical activities.

Attendance at the face to face course is dependent on completion of some preliminary e-learning delivered via the RCS England virtual learning environment.

The course begins with e-learning that will be drawn upon during the group activities on the day. The e-learning comprises of:

• an introduction to the 2021 curriculum - Capabilities in Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities framework;
• educational roles and training structures; 
• enhancing trainee performance - work based assessments; 
• ARCP; 
• unconscious bias; 
• together with relevant documents. 

View the full ESS programme