Training dates
Session dates for Core Surgical Trainees, 2023-24
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 13th 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 (20/21 November)
- Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum - Limbs overview (23/24 January)
- Limbs - Back (4/5 March)
- Head & Neck (inc. feedback) - Neuroanatomy (15/16 April)
Training dates
Thorax 1 - Breast, anterior thoracic wall muscles, heart, pericardium, great vessels
- Monday 9 October – PM
- Tuesday 10 October – AM
- Tuesday 10 October – PM
Thorax 2 – Lungs, pleura, trachea, bronchi, diaphragm, secondary muscles of respiration
- Monday 23 October – PM
- Tuesday 24 October – AM
- Tuesday 24 October – PM
Thorax 3 – Mediastinum, concentrating on superior and posterior
- Monday 6 November - PM
- Tuesday 7 November - AM
- Tuesday 7 November - PM
Abdo. 1 – Abdominal wall, inguinal ligament, inguinal canal
- Monday 20 November - PM
- Tuesday 21 November - AM
- Tuesday 21 November - PM
Thorax assessment
Abdo. 2 – GI tract – oesophagus to anus
- Monday 27 November - PM
- Tuesday 28 November - AM
- Tuesday 28 November - PM
Abdo.3 – Hepatobiliary, pancreas, spleen, renal, adrenal
- Monday 11 December - PM
- Tuesday 12 December - AM
- Tuesday 12 December - PM
Pelvis and perineum – male – bones of pelvis, joints and ligaments, pelvic contents, perineum
- Monday 8 January - PM
- Tuesday 9 January - AM
- Tuesday 9 January - PM
Pelvis and perineum – female – pelvic sexual dimorphism, pelvic contents, perineum
- Monday 15 January - PM
- Tuesday 16 January - AM
- Tuesday 16 January - PM
Limbs overview – plexuses, nerves, blood supply, lymph drainage
- Monday 22 January - PM
- Tuesday 23 January - AM
- Tuesday 24 January - PM
Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum assessment
Lower limb 1 – Buttock, hip joint, thigh
- Monday 29 January - PM
- Tuesday 30 January - AM
- Tuesday 30 January - PM
Lower limb 2 – Knee, leg, ankle, foot
- Monday 12 February - PM
- Tuesday 13 February - AM
- Tuesday 13 February - PM
Upper limb 1 – upper limb girdle, glenohumeral joint, arm
- Monday 19 February - PM
- Tuesday 20 February - AM
- Tuesday 20 February - PM
Upper limb 2- elbow joint, forearm wrist, hand
- Monday 26 February - PM
- Tuesday 27 February - AM
- Tuesday 27 February - PM
Back – Vertebrae, discs, ligaments, meninges, spinal cord, nerve roots, extensor muscles
- Monday 4 March - PM
- Tuesday 5 March - AM
- Tuesday 5 March - PM
Limbs assessment
Neck – Fascias, compartments and contents, levels
- Monday 11 March - PM
- Tuesday 12 March - AM
- Tuesday 12 March - PM
Head 1 – Bones of skull, skull base, dura, venous sinuses
- Monday 18 March - PM
- Tuesday 19 March - AM
- Tuesday 19 March - PM
Head 2 – Face, oral cavity, muscles of mastication, CN V and VII
- Monday 8 April - PM
- Tuesday 9 April - AM
- Tuesday 9 April - PM
Neuroanatomy – Divisions of brain, functional area, CSF ventricles, pia, arachnoid, blood supply
- Monday 15 April - PM
- Tuesday 16 April - AM
- Tuesday 16 April - PM
Head & Neck assessment
Revision sessions (optional)
dates tbc
Train the Trainer (St Mary's Hospital)
- Thursday 25 April 2024 - 9am-12pm
- Thursday 23 May 2024 - 1-4pm
- Thursday 30 May 2024 - 9am-12pm OR 1-4pm
Pathology, Anaesthesiology & Radiology (St Mary's Hospital)
- Anaesthesiology webinar (led by Dr Alex Wickham) - Thursday 6 June 2024, 10.30-11.30am
- Pathology & Surgery webinar (led by Prof Rob Goldin) - Thursday 13 June 2024, 2.30-3.30pm
Practical skills sessions (St Mary's Hospital)
Introduction to Laparoscopic Skills and Laparoscopic Appendicectomy:
- Monday 3 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Tuesday 4 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Tuesday 11 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Wednesday 12 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Monday 17 June 2024 - 9am-12pm
- Tuesday 18 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Monday 24 June 2024 - 1-4pm
- Wednesday 26 June 2024 - 1-4pm
Urinary Catheterisation:
- Monday 1 July - 9am-12pm
- Wednesday 3 July 2024 - 9am-12pm
- Monday 8 July 2024 - 1-4pm
- Tuesday 9 July 2024 - 1-4pm
- Thursday 11 July 2024 - 1-4pm
- Wednesday 17 July 2024 - 1-4pm