Session dates for Core Surgical Trainees, 2024-25

These training sessions are for CT1 surgical trainees only. If you think you should be on the list, please contact Debbie Gilpin (d.gilpin@imperial.ac.uk) with your name and GMC number.

All sessions are at Charing Cross Hospital, unless stated otherwise.

  • Morning sessions are 9.30am-12.30pm (registration 9.15-9.25am)
  • Afternoon sessions are 2-5pm (registration 1.45-1.55pm)

Registration will take place in the Anatomy Skills Lab on the 11th floor (Laboratory block). 

Please aim to arrive no later than 10 minutes before the start of the session to register.

Assessments will take place during the following sessions:

  • Thorax - Abdo 1 (4/5 November)
  • Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum - Lower Limb 1 (6/7 January)
  • Limbs - Back (3/4 March)
  • Head & Neck (inc. feedback) - Neuroanatomy (14/15 April)

Training dates

Thorax 1 - Breast, anterior thoracic wall muscles, heart, pericardium, great vessels
  • Monday 7 October – PM 
  • Tuesday 8 October – AM 
  • Tuesday 8 October – PM 
Thorax 2 – Lungs, pleura, trachea, bronchi, diaphragm, secondary muscles of respiration
  • Monday 28 October – PM
  • Tuesday 29 October – AM
  • Tuesday 29 October – PM
Abdo. 1 – Abdominal wall, inguinal ligament, inguinal canal
  • Monday 4 November - PM
  • Tuesday 5 November - AM
  • Tuesday 5 November - PM

Thorax assessment

Abdo. 2 – GI tract – oesophagus to anus
  • Monday 18 November - PM
  • Tuesday 19 November - AM
  • Tuesday 19 November - PM
Abdo.3 – Hepatobiliary, pancreas, spleen, renal, adrenal
  • Monday 25 November - PM
  • Tuesday 26 November - AM
  • Tuesday 26 November - PM
Pelvis and perineum – male – bones of pelvis, joints and ligaments, pelvic contents, perineum
  • Monday 9 December - PM
  • Tuesday 10 December - AM
  • Tuesday 10 December - PM
Pelvis and perineum – female – pelvic sexual dimorphism, pelvic contents, perineum
  • Monday 16 December - PM
  • Tuesday 17 December - AM
  • Tuesday 17 December - PM
Lower limb 1 – Buttock, hip joint, thigh

dates tbc

Lower limb 2 – Knee, leg, ankle, foot

dates tbc

Upper limb 1 – upper limb girdle, glenohumeral joint, arm

dates tbc

Upper limb 2- elbow joint, forearm wrist, hand

dates tbc

Back – Vertebrae, discs, ligaments, meninges, spinal cord, nerve roots, extensor muscles

dates tbc

Limbs assessment

Neck – Fascias, compartments and contents, levels

dates tbc

Head 1 – Bones of skull, skull base, dura, venous sinuses

dates tbc

Head 2 – Face, oral cavity, muscles of mastication, CN V and VII

dates tbc

Neuroanatomy – Divisions of brain, functional area, CSF ventricles, pia, arachnoid, blood supply

dates tbc

Head & Neck assessment

Revision sessions (optional)

dates tbc

Train the Trainer (St Mary's Hospital)

dates TBC

Pathology & Anaesthesiology (St Mary's Hospital)
  • Anaesthesiology webinar (led by Dr Alex Wickham) - TBC
  • Pathology & Surgery webinar (led by Prof Rob Goldin) - TBC

 

Practical skills sessions (St Mary's Hospital)

Essentials of Suturing and Knot Tying; Skin Excisions:

  • Wednesday 13 November 2024 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 14 November 2024 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 15 November 2024 - 1-4pm
  • Wednesday 4 December 2024 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 5 December 2024 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 6 December 2024 - 1-4pm

Introduction to Laparoscopic Skills and Laparoscopic Appendicectomy:

  • Wednesday 26 February 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 27 February 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 28 February 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Wednesday 12 March 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 13 March 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 14 March 2025 - 1-4pm

Urinary Catheterisation:

  • Wednesday 2 July 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 3 July 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 4 July 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Wednesday 9 July 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 10 July 2025 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 11 July 2025 - 1-4pm