Basic Surgical Skills

Course/Event Date: Monday, January 1, 0001

Course/Event Duration: 2 Days

Course/Event Description

Basic Surgical Skills

 

Course/Event Date: 

Various

 

Course/Event Duration: 

2 days

 

Course/Event Description:

Upcoming dates

13 & 14 September 2023

3 & 4 October 2023

9 & 10 November 2023

21 & 22 March 2024

 

This 2-day course is aimed at trainees anticipating a career in surgery and preparing for basic surgical examinations.  Junior trainees will be expected to perform a range of basic surgical skills prior to commencing specialty surgical training. These skills are tested at the MRCS Part B OSCE Examination where trainees will be assessed on their Clinical and Procedural Skills. The course aims to teach safe operating techniques and stresses the importance of precautions for safe theatre practice.

 

Learning outcomes

• Explain the principles of good practice in theatre etiquette, knot tying, suturing, haemostasis, anastomosis, surgical diathermy and ergonomics for minimal access surgery
• Describe correct handling and use of surgical instruments
• Demonstrate an appropriate procedure for gowning and gloving in accordance with recommended standards of practice
• Tie a variety of reliable knots
• Suture a variety of tissues, including skin, bowel, vascular tissue and tendons effectively
• Perform abscess draining and contaminated wound debridement in accordance with the basic principles of wound management
• Demonstrate basic techniques for small bowel, vascular and tendon anastomosis 
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic diathermic technique
• Demonstrate effective management of ergonomic tissue commonly encountered with minimal access surgery

 

Delegates are introduced to the principles underpinning the various techniques being taught by supervised examiners.  All trainees are assessed throughout and issued with a certificate of completion with 12 CPD points.

 

Course/Event Venue: 

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RJ

 

This course is targeted at the following specialty Groupings:

Surgical trainees pre-MRCS

 

More Details:

Basic Surgical Skills

Course/Event Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RJ

This course is targeted at the following specialty Groupings:

• Surgery

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