Excellence in Surgical Supervision (ESS)

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