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 Pathology Museum 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
  • Monday 6 January PM
  • Tuesday 7 January AM
  • Tuesday 7 January PM

Abdo/Pelvis & Perineum assessment

Lower limb 2 – Knee, leg, ankle, foot
  • Monday 20 January PM
  • Tuesday 21 January AM
  • Tuesday 21 January PM
Upper limb 1 – upper limb girdle, glenohumeral joint, arm
  • Monday 27 January PM
  • Tuesday 28 January AM
  • Tuesday 28 January PM
Upper limb 2- elbow joint, forearm wrist, hand
  • Monday 10 February PM
  • Tuesday 11 February AM
  • Tuesday 11 February PM
Back – Vertebrae, discs, ligaments, meninges, spinal cord, nerve roots, extensor muscles
  • Monday 3 March PM
  • Tuesday 4 March AM
  • Tuesday 4 March PM

Limbs assessment

Neck – Fascias, compartments and contents, levels
  • Monday 17 March PM
  • Tuesday 18 March AM
  • Tuesday 18 March PM
Head 1 – Bones of skull, skull base, dura, venous sinuses
  • Monday 24 March PM
  • Tuesday 25 March AM
  • Tuesday 25 March PM
Head 2 – Face, oral cavity, muscles of mastication, CN V and VII
  • Monday 7 April PM
  • Tuesday 8 April AM
  • Tuesday 8 April PM
Neuroanatomy – Divisions of brain, functional area, CSF ventricles, pia, arachnoid, blood supply
  • Monday 14 April PM
  • Tuesday 15 April AM
  • Tuesday 15 April AM

Head & Neck assessment

Revision sessions (optional)

dates tbc

Train the Trainer (St Mary's Hospital)

dates TBC

Additional workshops/talks (St Mary's Hospital/online)
  • Anaesthesiology webinar (led by Dr Alex Wickham) - TBC
  • The Surgical Frailty Journey (led by Dr Deborah Bertfield & team) - 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