Session dates for Core Surgical Trainees, 2025-26

These training sessions are for CT1 surgical trainees only. If you think you should be on the list, please contact Debbie Gilpin (d.gilpin@imperial.ac.uk) with your name and GMC number.

All sessions are at Charing Cross Hospital, unless stated otherwise.

  • Morning sessions are 9.30am-12.30pm (registration 9.15-9.25am)
  • Afternoon sessions are 2-5pm (registration 1.45-1.55pm)

Registration will take place in the Pathology Museum on the 11th floor (Laboratory block). 

Please aim to arrive no later than 10 minutes before the start of the session to register - we expect you to contact us if you are running late.

Sessions with two rotations will end approximately one hour earlier - check the booking site to see which sessions this applies to.

Assessments (multiple choice question papers) will take place during the following sessions:

  • Thorax - Abdo 1 (24/25 November)
  • Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum - Lower Limb 1 (16/17 February)
  • Limbs - Back (20/21 April)
  • Head & Neck (inc. feedback) - Neuroanatomy (1/2 June)

Training dates

Thorax 1 - Breast, anterior thoracic wall muscles, heart, pericardium, great vessels
  • Monday 13 October 2025 – PM 
  • Tuesday 14 October 2025 – AM 
  • Tuesday 14 October 2025 – PM 
Train the Trainer (St Mary's Hospital)
  • Thursday 23 October 2025 - AM
  • Thursday 23 October 2025 - PM
  • Thursday 11 June 2026 - AM
  • Thursday 11 June 2026 - PM

 

Thorax 2 – Lungs, pleura, trachea, bronchi, diaphragm, secondary muscles of respiration
  • Monday 27 October 2025 – PM
  • Tuesday 28 October 2025 – AM
  • Tuesday 28 October 2025 – PM
Thorax 3 – Mediastinum, concentrating on superior and posterior
  • Monday 17 November 2025 - PM
  • Tuesday 18 November 2025 - AM
  • Tuesday 18 November 2025 - PM
Abdo. 1 – Abdominal wall, inguinal ligament, inguinal canal
  • Monday 24 November 2025 - PM
  • Tuesday 25 November 2025 - AM
  • Tuesday 25 November 2025 - PM

Thorax assessment

Abdo. 2 – GI tract – oesophagus to anus
  • Monday 15 December 2025 - PM
  • Tuesday 16 December 2025 - AM
  • Tuesday 16 December 2025 - PM
Abdo.3 – Hepatobiliary, pancreas, spleen, renal, adrenal
  • Monday 5 January 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 6 January 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 6 January 2026 - PM

Practical Skills Session 1 included

Pelvis and perineum – male – bones of pelvis, joints and ligaments, pelvic contents, perineum
  • Monday 19 January 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 20 January 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 20 January 2026 - PM
Pelvis and perineum – female – pelvic sexual dimorphism, pelvic contents, perineum
  • Monday 2 February 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 3 February 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 3 February 2026 - PM
Lower limb 1 – Buttock, hip joint, thigh
  • Monday 16 February 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 17 February 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 17 February 2026 - PM

Abdo/Pelvis & Perineum assessment

Lower limb 2 – Knee, leg, ankle, foot
  • Monday 2 March 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 3 March 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 3 March 2026 - PM
Upper limb 1 – upper limb girdle, glenohumeral joint, arm
  • Monday 16 March 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 17 March 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 17 March 2026 - PM
Upper limb 2- elbow joint, forearm wrist, hand
  • Monday 23 March 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 24 March 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 24 March 2026 - PM
Back – Vertebrae, discs, ligaments, meninges, spinal cord, nerve roots, extensor muscles
  • Monday 20 April 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 21 April 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 21 April 2026 - PM

Limbs assessment

Neck – Fascias, compartments and contents, levels
  • Tuesday 5 May 2026 - PM
  • Wednesday 6 May 2026 - AM
  • Wednesday 6 May 2026 - PM
Head 1 – Bones of skull, skull base, dura, venous sinuses
  • Monday 18 May 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 19 May 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 19 May 2026 - PM
Head 2 – Face, oral cavity, muscles of mastication, CN V and VII
  • Tuesday 26 May 2026 - PM
  • Wednesday 27 May 2026 - AM
  • Wednesday 27 May 2026 - PM
Neuroanatomy – Divisions of brain, functional area, CSF ventricles, pia, arachnoid, blood supply
  • Monday 1 June 2026 - PM
  • Tuesday 2 June 2026 - AM
  • Tuesday 2 June 2026 - PM

Head & Neck assessment

Revision sessions (optional)

Only run if there is space in the calendar

dates tbc

Additional workshops/talks (St Mary's Hospital/online)
  • Anaesthesiology webinar (led by Dr Alex Wickham) - 2026 dates tbc
  • Surgery and Pathology webinar (led by Prof Robert Goldin) - 2026 dates tbc
  • The Surgical Frailty Journey (led by Dr Deborah Bertfield & team) - 2026 dates tbc

 

Practical skills sessions (St Mary's Hospital)

Practical Skills Session 1: Essentials of Suturing and Knot Tying; Skin Excisions

Will take place during a rotation of Abdo 3 (2026 dates tbc)

Practical Skills Session 2: Introduction to Laparoscopic Skills and Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

  • Wednesday 11 February 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 13 February 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Wednesday 25 February 2026 - 9am-12pm
  • Wednesday 25 February 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 26 February 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 27 February 2026 - 1-4pm

Practical Skills Session 3: Local skin flaps & facial plastics

  • Wednesday 8 April 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 9 April 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 10 April 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Wednesday 29 April 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Thursday 30 April 2026 - 1-4pm
  • Friday 1 May 2026 - 1-4pm