RCS Specialist Registrar Skills in General Surgery
Course Convenors:
Mr Paul Ziprin (Consultant colorectal surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital)
Mr Colin Bicknell (Consultant vascular surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital)
Course Administrator:
Mr Stephen Marchington (Clinical skills technician, St. Mary’s Hospital - s.marchington@imperial.ac.uk, 0203 312 6443)
Level: CT1-2, ST3-4
Content
Days 1 & 2 - open surgery
- Moderate and difficult access bowel
- Anastomoses
- Dealing with size discrepancy
- Gastrectomy, oesophageal and rectal anastomoses
- Stapled anastomoses and stomas
Day 3 - vascular surgery
- Needle and suture-handling techniques
- Arteriotomy
- Vein patching
- Inlay parachute vascular anastomoses
Day 4 - minimal access surgery
- Principles of safe laparoscopic surgery
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Operative cholangiography
- Closure of port sites
Format
Practical skills teaching with a tutor to participant ratio of 1:4, supported by tutorials, videos and discussion sessions
Key Benefits
The chance to develop the fundamental skills of open gastrointestinal, vascular and laparoscopic surgery whilst performing a number of key procedures in a structured way, under the instruction of experienced and interested tutors.
