Minor Surgery in General Practice Course

Course/Event Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Course/Event Duration: 1 Day

Course/Event Description

This practical surgical skills workshop is ideally suited to all primary care team members: GPs, GPSI’s, GP registrars, GP Trainers and Practice nurses involved in basic surgical procedures.

The Primary Care Surgical Skills Course provides hands-on experience using synthetic and tissue models, videos with practical tuition from experienced tutors. It will utilise online pre-course learning material to maximise time spent on practical activities.

Programme Includes

• Safe usage of surgical instruments
• Punch biopsies, shaving & curettage
• Local anaesthetic infiltration
• Elliptical excision of simple lesion
• Excision of Epidermoid Cyst
• Excision of Lipoma
• Wound Closures with:- Interrupted sutures, Vertical mattress suture, Inverted Interrupted suture and Continuous subcuticular suture

Course/Event Venue: Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

This course is targeted at the following specialty Groupings:

• GP - Public Health & Occupational Medicine

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