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ISA Series: Activities in Sabah

In the first blog of our ISA Series and in celebration of the 5-year anniversary of the College's Kuala Lumpur office, Kugan Raman, who has been enrolled as an ISA since October 2021, reflects on recent ISA activities...
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Dental

RCSEd Dental Ambassador Wins the William Houston Gold Medal in Orthodontics

Last week the College held it's first Diploma Ceremony of 2023, where RCSEd Dental Specialty Ambassador for Yorkshire and Humberside, Tom Frawley, was awarded the William Houston Gold Medal for the best candidate at t...
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Celebrating the First Diploma Ceremony of 2023

Diploma Ceremonies are undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated events in the College calendar, with Fellows and Members travelling from all corners of the globe to attend. We are delighted that we can once agai...
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Diploma Ceremonies

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The President's Update

An Update From the President

My first months as RCSEd President went by in a whirlwind as I delved headfirst into a diary full of College activities and events from the outset. Following the College’s Annual General Meeting where I took office, I...
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70 years of Excellence in Surgical Conference: West Midlands Surgical Society collaboration with RCSEd

In collaboration with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), the West Midlands Surgical Society (WMSS) held another successful conference on the 4th of November 2022 at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley. Thi...
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The University of Edinburgh's ChM in Urology - A Perspective

The following blog offers a perspective on the University of Edinbrugh's ChM in Urology from Chris Evans, possibly the first South African to complete this degree. I thought it only appropriate for me to write an o...
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An Egyptian “Lister” Journey

The first Egyptian to win the Lister Medal, Ahmed Mohamed Abdou Ahmed, outlines the journey to receiving this prestigious award.  I am Ahmed Mohamed Abdou Ahmed, an Egyptian orthopaedic surgeon. Currently, I am hol...
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Dental

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022

Professor Phil Taylor, Dean of RCSEd’s dental faculty, issues a warning on over-prescribing for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-25 November). This will be the second year running that our dental faculty is bac...
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Dental

RCSEd meeting with the HE Minister of Health in Bahrain

Only a week after returning from Chennai, the RCSEd Faculty of Dental Surgery were visiting our colleagues in Bahrain to meet officials from the Ministry of Health, private practitioners and to observe the MAGDS exa...
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Dental

When Dreams Come True: MFDS graduate recreates picture she took at the College 2 decades ago

This month the College held a diploma ceremony to welcome 82 diplomates into our global community of over 30,000 strong surgical and dental membership. Our diplomates travelled with their families and friends from acr...
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Transplant Immunosuppression in the Perioperative Period

As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', RCSEd Council Member and Surgeon (Associate Specialist) Majid Mukadam MBE and Organ Transplant Pharmacist Zah...
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Patient Safety

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Prophylactic Antibiotics for the Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Time to Consider the Alternatives?

As part of a series of blog posts surrounding World Patient Safety Day 2022's theme of 'Medication Safety', Chair of the RSCEd Urology SSB and Consultant Urologist Neil Fenn looks at prophylactic antibiotics for the t...
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Patient Safety

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