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Are Aspiring Surgeons Losing their Dexterity Skills in the Digital Age?
World’s largest and oldest surgical college disagrees, with evidence gathered through its national undergraduate surgical skills competition and surgical skills courses
- Published: 1 November 2018
The BBC recently reported that medical students are ‘losing the dexterity to stitch patients’. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) has observed contrary evidence to this, through its wide-range of surgical skills engagement activities, in particular its national Student Surgical Skills Competition, taken at undergraduate level to sho…
Perioperative Practitioners – Driving Forward their Scope of Practice?
Are there limits to the scope of the perioperative practitioner’s professional practice in today’s surgical teams? That’s the key question for debate at this year’s annual Faculty of Perioperative Care conference taking place in Birmingham on 3 November
- Published: 26 October 2018
Are there limits to the scope of the perioperative practitioner’s professional practice in today’s surgical teams? That’s the key question for debate at this year’s annual Faculty of Perioperative Care conference taking place in Birmingham on 3 November, where over 80 delegates have already signed up and one of the two courses on offer is already f…
Indian Surgeon Cut Out for Leadership Role
First-Ever Indian Vice-President for UK’s oldest surgical Royal College
- Published: 13 September 2018
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh nominated Mr Pala Rajesh, a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon originally from Chennai in India, to serve a three-year term as Vice-President at the College. Mr Rajesh graduated from Madras Medical College in 1973, spending most of his career in Birmingham where he recently retired from his surgical position at H…
Scalpels At The Ready
Tomorrow's Surgical Stars Compete for Centre Stage in Fourth Year of Unique Surgical Skills Competition
- Published: 11 September 2018
Today, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh together with sponsors Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, launch the nationwide surgical skills competition aiming to inspire, discover talent, and provide a platform for the next generation of surgeons. With only 8% of medical undergraduates qualifying as s…
Dental Students Prepare To Take A Bite Of The Action
Senior Dental Students encouraged to take the bit between their teeth competing in nationwide Dental Clinical Skills Competition
- Published: 11 September 2018
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)’s Faculty of Dental Surgery, together with sponsors Dentsply Sirona, is delighted to announce the launch of its Dental Clinical Skills Competition which will run in dental schools across the UK and Ireland this autumn/winter 2018. Aiming to discover the UK and Ireland’s best undergraduate dentist,…
