Basic Surgical Skills Course

Course/Event Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024

Course/Event Duration: 2 Days

Course/Event Description

Basic Surgical Skills is a popular two-day intercollegiate course, designed for trainees anticipating a career in surgery and preparing for basic surgical examinations. The course is led by Dermot Murphy MB; BCh; BAO;FRCSI; FRCS (Gen Surgery); BMinistry, Consultant Breast Surgeon 

Junior trainees are expected to perform a range of basic surgical skills prior to commencing speciality surgical training. These skills are tested at the MRCS Part B OSCE Examination, where trainees are assessed on their clinical and procedural skills.   

The Basic Surgical Skills course aims to teach safe operating techniques and stresses the importance of precautions for safe theatre practice.  

To support your training, all delegates enrolled on this course will automatically receive 30% off the  MRCS Part B Preparation Course (rcpsg.ac.uk) (January course)  

Learn more about the day in the Basic Surgical Skills programme   

Learning outcomes 

By the end of this course, attendees should be able to:  

• Explain the principles of good theatre etiquette.  

• Understand correct surgical equipment handing. 

• Demonstrate appropriate gowning and gloving in line with recommended standards of practice.  

• Understand the variety of knots and how to tie them reliably. 

• Suture a range of tissue types.  

• Perform abscess draining and contaminated wound debridement. 

• Demonstrate basic techniques for small bowel, vascular and tendon anastomosis. 

• Understand a basic diathermic technique. 

• Perform ergonomic tissue management associated with minimal access surgery.  

Course/Event Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

This course is targeted at the following specialty Groupings:

• Surgery

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