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All You Need to Know About the MRCS!
Calling all medical students, foundation doctors, core trainees and anyone planning to sit their MRCS Part A! Join John Hines, Dean of Examinations at RCSEd and former Chair of the Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Exams Committee, as he talks to Jon Lund, Dean of Education, about all aspects of the MRCS, including many top tips for success. Essential listening for anyone considering taking the exam.
World Patient Safety Day 2025 - Leadership and Patient Safety
Claire Morgan, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Deputy Chair of the College’s Patient Safety Group, and Gregory Ekatah, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and host of RCSEd’s Let’s Talk Surgery podcast, speak with Professor Sanjiv Sharma, Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant and Chief Medical Officer at Barts Health, about his leadership journey, challenges, and reflections on WPSD 2025.
Beyond The Knife E08: The Barber Surgeons Of Edinburgh
Welcome to Beyond the Knife – where history and medicine collide. In this episode, we're joined by Thomas Elliott, Head of Surgeons' Hall Museums, as he takes us deep into the world of Edinburgh’s Barber Surgeons. From bloodletting to trephination, uncover the early-and often astonishing-practices that laid the groundwork for modern surgery. You won’t look at your local barber the same way again.
Paediatric Surgery: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
This month Sophie Lewis (Paediatric Surgery registrar) is joined by Ms Claire Clark (Paediatric Consultant Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh) to discuss the role of the surgeon in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). If you haven't already be sure to listen to the Podcast: FRCS (Paeds) Beyond General Surgery - Paediatric Gastroenterology with Dr Paul Henderson and Sesi Hotonu.
Beyond The Knife E07: Grays Anatomy Mixdown
In this episode RCSEd Librarian Steven Kerr discusses the extraordinary story behind one of histories most enduring medical texts - Gray's Anatomy. This episode is hosted by Chanté St Clair Inglis Director of Heritage and Estates at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
