Session dates for ST5 and ST6 Trainees, 2024-2025
- All sessions are 9am – 12pm (unless otherwise stated)
- Assessment sessions will be EITHER 8.30am - 12.30pm OR 1pm - 5pm
ST5 and ST6
- Group BR (Breast) – 9am - noon
- Group CR1 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Group CR2 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Group CR3 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Group UGI1 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Group UGI2 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Group V1 (Vascular) – 9am - noon
- Group V2 (Vascular) - 9am - noon
- Group T (Transplant) - various timings
Group BR (Breast) – 9am - noon
- Thursday 14 November 2024 - breast imaging and needle localisation/biopsy
- Friday 13 December 2024 - wide local excision and wire-guided surgery
- Friday 31 January 2025 - axillary node clearance
- Monday 3 March 2025 - lipomodelling
- Tuesday 25 March 2025 - nipple reconstruction
- Monday 28 April 2025 - mammoplasty
- Tuesday 6 May 2025 - mammoplasty techniques / lateral intercostal artery perforator flaps (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Monday 12 May 2025 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Tuesday 27 May 2025 - mammoplasty techniques / lateral intercostal artery perforator flaps (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Tuesday 1 July 2025 - sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Wednesday 23 July 2025 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1-5pm)
Please note that sessions are subject to change, and may take the form of webinars.
Group CR1 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Tuesday 29 October 2024 - laparoscopic suturing
- Monday 25 November 2024 - hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis
- TBC December 2024 - proctological workshop (optional)
- Thursday 16 January 2025 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Wednesday 26 February 2025 - rectal prolapse surgery (Delorme's procedure)
- Friday 21 March 2025 - laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
- Friday 25 April 2025 - hand-sewn and stapled ileoanal pouch formation
- Friday 9 May 2025 - total mesorectal excision (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Thursday 12 June 2025 - haemorrhoid surgery and treatments
- Friday 11 July 2025 - topic tbc
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group CR2 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Monday 4 November 2024 - laparoscopic suturing
- Tuesday 3 December 2024 - hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis
- TBC December 2024 - proctological workshop (optional)
- Friday 24 January 2025 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Tuesday 4 March 2025 - rectal prolapse surgery (Delorme's procedure)
- Thursday 27 March 2025 - laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
- Tuesday 29 April 2025 - hand-sewn and stapled ileoanal pouch formation
- Friday 9 May 2025 - total mesorectal excision (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Friday 20 June 2025 - haemorrhoid surgery and treatments
- Thursday 17 July 2025 - topic tbc
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group CR3 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Friday 8 November 2024 - laparoscopic suturing
- Thursday 5 December 2024 - hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis
- TBC December 2024 - proctological workshop (optional)
- Tuesday 21 January 2025 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Monday 24 February 2025 - rectal prolapse surgery (Delorme's procedure)
- Tuesday 18 March 2025 - laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
- Wednesday 23 April 2025 - hand-sewn and stapled ileoanal pouch formation
- Friday 9 May 2025 - total mesorectal excision (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Monday 23 June 2025 - haemorrhoid surgery and treatments
- Tuesday 15 July 2025 - topic tbc
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group UGI1 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Tuesday 22 October 2024 - laparoscopic perforated peptic ulcer repair and laparoscopic suturing
- Wednesday 27 November 2024 - biliary bypass surgery
- Friday 17 January 2025 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Thursday 13 February 2025 - hand-sewn oesophagogastric anastomosis
- Friday 14 March 2025 - laparoscopic fundoplication and Heller's myotomy
- Tuesday 8 April 2025 - laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
- Wednesday 14 May 2025 - acute para-oesophageal hernia (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Wednesday 18 June 2025 - pancreatic anastomoses
- Thursday 10 July 2025 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group UGI2 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Wednesday 30 October 2024 - laparoscopic perforated peptic ulcer repair and laparoscopic suturing
- Tuesday 19 November 2024 - biliary bypass surgery
- Wednesday 22 January 2025 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Friday 28 February 2025- hand-sewn oesophagogastric anastomosis
- Monday 17 March 2025 - laparoscopic fundoplication and Heller's myotomy
- Thursday 24 April 2025 - laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
- Wednesday 14 May 2025 - acute para-oesophageal hernia (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Friday 27 June 2025 - pancreatic anastomoses
- Wednesday 16 July 2025 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group V1 (Vascular) – 9am - noon
- Monday 28 October 2024 - femoral popliteal bypass
- Tuesday 26 November 2024 - open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Thursday 23 January 2025 - carotid endarterectomy
- Thursday 27 February 2025 - renal transplant workshop (9am-4pm, optional)
- Wednesday 26 March 2025 - peripheral endovascular interventions workshop (9am-5pm)
- Monday 7 April 2025 - vascular access surgery
- Thursday 8 May 2025 - upper and lower limb approaches and bypass (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Tuesday 24 June 2025 - femoro-peroneal anastomosis
- Monday 21 July 2025 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group V2 (Vascular) - 9am - noon
- Tuesday 5 November 2024 - femoral popliteal bypass
- Wednesday 4 December 2024 - open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Monday 27 January 2025 - carotid endarterectomy
- Thursday 27 February 2025 - renal transplant workshop (9am-4pm, optional)
- Wednesday 26 March 2025 - peripheral endovascular interventions workshop (9am-5pm)
- Wednesday 30 April 2025 - vascular access surgery
- Tuesday 13 May 2025 - upper and lower limb approaches and bypass (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Monday 16 June 2025 - femoro-peroneal anastomosis
- Friday 18 July 2025 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2025 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group T (Transplant) - various timings
- Thursday 27 February 2025 - retrieval, benching, vascular anastomoses, and ureteric techniques (9am-4pm)
- Monday 7 April 2025 - vascular access surgery (9am-12pm)
- Wednesday 30 April 2025 - vascular access surgery (9am-12pm)
- Thursday 15 May 2025 - full abdominal retrieval and benching (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Tuesday 3 June 2025 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Wednesday 18 June 2025 - pancreatic anastomoses (9am-12pm)
- Friday 27 June 2025 - pancreatic anastomoses (9am-12pm)