Courses/Events

Disclaimer: Please find below details of courses which may be of interest to Foundation doctors and which STFS has been made aware of. Please note that the information below is received from a variety of sources. STFS does not endorse any specific providers or have knowledge of the content of individual courses. Foundation doctors are advised to discuss attendance at courses with their Educational Supervisor / Foundation Training Programme Director before registering.

General Courses

• Free Advanced IELTS Language Courses for Refugee Doctors and Health Professionals requiring high IELTS scores. Contact nornamw@southwark.ac.uk for further details
• A range of courses is offered by http://www.training4doctors.co.uk/.
• Medicourse(http://medicourse.co.uk/) is a free to browse search systen with which medical professions can register to receive updates regarding courses, events and seminars on a UK nationwide and pan-European basis.
• UCL are offering an MSc course in Evidence-based Healthcare (Surgery). For more information, visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ebh or e-mail Kurinchi Gurusamy at k.gurusamy@medsch.ucl.ac.uk.
• The University of Salford is offering an MSc course in Surgical Practice.For more information please e-mail Susan Buttress at s.buttress@salford.ac.uk or Prof. M. Baguneid at m.baguneid@nhs.net.
• The Royal Society of Medicine organise a number of courses/meetings. Further information is available at www.rsm.ac.uk/trainees.
• The London Deanery Careers Unit is offering foundation webinars during 2011-12.  Further information is available at www.londondeanery.ac.uk/var/careers-unit/webinar-registration-form.

February

ECG Interpretation Course

10 February 2012

For more information or to book a place, please contact Lara Higginson at lara.higginson@wmuh.nhs.uk or on 020 8321 5406.

Basic Orthopaedics and Trauma Skills (BOATS) Course

11 February 2012

For more informaton or to book a place, please contact Joan Munt on 020 8401 3840 or at joan.munt@croydonhealth.nhs.uk.

Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course

15 – 17 February 2012

For more information or to book a place, please contact Lara Higginson at lara.higginson@wmuh.nhs.uk or on 020 8321 5406.

Aero Medical Training

24 February 2012

For more information or to book a place, please contact Rachana Bhatt at rachana.bhatt@gosh.nhs.uk or on 0207 405 9200 x5879.

Concise Cardiology Course 

25 February 2012

For more information or to book a place, please visit www.concisemedicine.co.uk.

March

The National Undergraduate and Foundation General Surgery Conference

3 - 4 March 2012

For more information or to book a ticket, please visit http://www.nugsc.com/2012/.

Prepared for ENT - a Practical One Day Course

16 March 2012

For more information or to book a place, please visit www.prepared4ent.co.uk or e-mail contact@prepared4ent.co.uk.

Stroke Conference - Latest Advances in Stroke Patient Care and Research

16 March 2012

For more information or to book a place, please visit www.medineo.org.

ASiT Surgical Trainee Conference

23 - 25 March 2012

For more information or to book a place, please visit http://www.asit.org/events/conferences/2012 or e-mail LauraAndrews@asgbi.org.uk.

April

Basic Biomechanics in Orthopaedic (BBiO)

14 April 2012

For more information or to book a place, please visit http://www.instrumentalmedicine.com/courses_biomechanics_in_orthopaedics.html.

Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) Course

18 - 20 April 2012

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Education Centre, Stadium Road, Woolwich, SE18 4QH

For more information or to book a place, please contact Jodi Gardener on 020 8836 6771 or at jodi.gardener@nhs.net.

June

Foundation Course in Clinical Radiology

21 - 22 June 2012

For more information or to book a place, please e-mail radiologyrecipes@gmail.com.