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 (dates tbc)
- Limbs - Back (dates tbc)
- Head & Neck (inc. feedback) - Neuroanatomy (dates tbc)
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
Train the Trainer
St Mary's Hospital (2nd floor, Paterson Building)
date tbc
Thorax 3 – Mediastinum, concentrating on superior and posterior
- Monday 6 November - PM
- Tuesday 7 November - AM
- Tuesday 7 November - PM
Pathology, Anaesthesiology & Radiology
dates tbc
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
date tbc
Pelvis and perineum – female – pelvic sexual dimorphism, pelvic contents, perineum
dates tbc
Limbs overview – plexuses, nerves, blood supply, lymph drainage
dates tbc
Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum assessment
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