Have you registered for our Bariatric Surgery Course? 📖

This one-day course involves interactive lectures on bariatric surgery, pathways to surgery, choice of procedure, complications of surgery and long-term outcomes.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/3dy9arjy

The College is pleased to invite applicants who are FRCS (Intercollegiate) trainees & Consultants up to two years post appointment to apply for the Joint RCSEd-SOMS - Shanghai Thoracic Surgery/Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery Fellowships.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/yeytyrms

The RCSEd Mentor Development Programme will equip you with the tools needed to become a mentor on the soon to be launched RCSEd Surgical Mentoring Scheme.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mtuwfjx8

Upcoming webinar! 💻

This webinar will discuss the optimal use of the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP) with respect to delivery of the relevant curriculum for both trainer and trainee.

Register today: tinyurl.com/yyem7cps

The College's Faculty of Dental Surgery congratulates Jason Wong MBE, who has been appointed as Chief Dental Officer for England by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care.

Read more: tinyurl.com/yeypr3tu

Welcome to our new series of 'tweetorials'!

We kick this off with a tweetorial entitled 'Dynamic Capabilities in Surgical Training During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study', which explores how post-pandemic training could be shaped.

Read in full here👉tinyurl.com/34zp8xj4

Rounding off today's RSA Development Day we have had talks on topics including organisational productivity, coaching & the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) course. It has been in insightful meeting & we look forward to the next time our Ambassadors meet in November

We had a number of inspiring talks this morning at the RSA Deveopment Meeting! Topics covered included 'The Intersection of Art, Law and Surgery' and 'Social Media and Surgery'. We also heard about all of the hard work our Wessex FTSS has been doing over the last year.

Join RCSEd President Professor Rowan Parks and more of the RCSEd team at the upcoming Presidents Forum in London!

Find out more and secure your spot: tinyurl.com/2p8xkrv8

Deputy Director of the RSA Network Arjun Takhar has kicked off this years RSA Development Day here in Southampton. We are delighted to see so many of our ambassadors here today, and we are anticipating an exciting and diverse programme of speakers.

FYs learning key surgical skills; bowel anastomosis, laparoscopy, suturing, hernia repair!
Thank you Medtronic UK The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Fantastic day! #futureofsurgery Ian Reckless

Deputy Director of RSA Network and RSA Wessex for ⁦The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh⁩ welcoming the RSAs in Southampton

This upcoming FPHC webinar will begin with an overview of the UKSAR network that provides Search and Rescue for UK region in maritime, mountainous, urban and subterranean environments, presented by Dr Paddy Morgan.

Register here: tinyurl.com/nhfaumcx prehospitalcare

In addition to our videos, we have provided a useful study guide to help equip candidates ahead of the DUMC Exam in September.

There is still time to apply before the application deadline on 6 May.

View our study guide and apply here: bit.ly/4cR86Va

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Enhance your surgical skills with the Principles of Open Aortic Surgery Course. This course aims to ensure vascular trainees and new consultants can achieve and maintain competencies in open aortic surgery.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/msxyfev6

The RCSEd Foundation Trainees Surgical Societies have organised a national conference open to all medical students, junior doctors and core trainees. The main theme for this year's conference is 'future horizons and innovation in surgery'.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/5cj4r73e

'Really enthusiastic and helpful faculty', 'All of the practical sessions were excellent', 'Very helpful information regarding vascular surgery career and applications' - some of the feedback on our Core Skills in Vascular Surgery course!

Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc3ahcwv

Although the potential dangers of asbestos were confirmed by the 1960s, asbestos continued to be used and it was not banned until near the end of the 20th century.

Join Surgeons' Hall Museums & Professor Ken Donaldson for this lunch time talk on asbestos: tinyurl.com/3w2wtzhk

Step into the future of surgery at the first of its kind ASiT x RaDiST Robotics for Trainees Conference, coming to the College on 23-24 May!

Learn more and book your place: tinyurl.com/5emr83dr ASiT Robotic and Digital Surgery Trainee Committee

1 month is left until applications close for the Joint ORUK / The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Research Fellowship in Orthopaedics on 23 May at 23:59.

Up to £60,000 per annum is available.

Find out more at: bit.ly/orukjpf

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