Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) (Jul, 2017)

Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) is organized by Doctors Academy and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and would be held during Jul 15 - 16, 2017 at Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event basically for FY1 (6 months in a surgical training post is a pre-requisite), FY2, ST1/CT1 & ST2/CT2.

Participants are introduced to the principles underpinning the various techniques with individual tuition and under the expert supervision of consultant surgeons. Participants are assessed throughout the course and issues with a certificate upon successful completion. The ethos of this Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) is to install core surgical skills at the very start of a surgeon's training by teaching the correct basic technique.

Learning Outcomes :
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate an appropriate procedure for 'gowning' and 'gloving' in accordance with recommended standards of practice
• Tie a variety of reliable knots, including, surgical reef knots and the Aberdeen knot and tying at depth.
• Describe correct handling and use of surgical instruments.
• Suture a variety of tissues, including skin, bowel, vascular tissue and tendons effectively.
• Perform abscess drainage and contaminated wound debridement in accordance with the basic principles of wound management.
• Demonstrate safe fine tissue handling utilising small bowel, vascular and tendon models for basic anastomoses technique.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic diathermic technique.
• Demonstrate effective management of ergonomic issues commonly encountered in endoscopic surgery