Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network

The Bootcamp includes workshops on letter writing, vetting referrals and running virtual clinics.

The Bootcamp takes place at the Medical Education Training Centre, Kirklands.

Venue: Medical Education Training Centre, Kirklands

Dates: 27th - 28th September 2023

How to book: Please email meded.trainees@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk and let them know you are a Higher General Surgery ST3 trainee.

Course fee: No fee for ST3s in General Surgery.

Expense claims: Travel expenses can be claimed from the simulation budget through Turas, but accommodation is not covered. 

This is a 2 day cadaveric course to introduce common general surgical operations. It builds on the basic skills/procedures introduced during the IST pilot in the BASICS course. The course includes training in

• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• management of duodenal perforation
• right hemi-colectomy
• splenectomy
• subtotal colectomy
• Hartmann’s procedure

Venue: Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG)

Dates: 

• 22nd and 23rd November 2023
• 27th and 28th March 2024

How to book: Email melanie.sinclair@rcpsg.ac.uk directly to book a place.

Course fee: No fee for ST3-6s in General Surgery.

Expense claims: Travel expenses can be claimed from the simulation budget through Turas, but accommodation is not covered.