Session dates for Core Surgical Trainees, 2026-27
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 (16/17 November)
- Abdo + Pelvis & Perineum - Lower Limb 1 (dates tbc)
- Limbs - Back (dates tbc)
- Head & Neck (inc. feedback) - Neuroanatomy (dates tbc)
Training dates
- Thorax 1 - Breast, anterior thoracic wall muscles, heart, pericardium, great vessels
- Train the Trainer (St Mary's Hospital)
- Thorax 2 – Lungs, pleura, trachea, bronchi, diaphragm, secondary muscles of respiration
- Thorax 3 – Mediastinum, concentrating on superior and posterior
- Abdo. 1 – Abdominal wall, inguinal ligament, inguinal canal
- Abdo. 2 – GI tract – oesophagus to anus
- Abdo.3 – Hepatobiliary, pancreas, spleen, renal, adrenal
- Pelvis and perineum – male – bones of pelvis, joints and ligaments, pelvic contents, perineum
- Pelvis and perineum – female – pelvic sexual dimorphism, pelvic contents, perineum
- Lower limb 1 – Buttock, hip joint, thigh
- Lower limb 2 – Knee, leg, ankle, foot
- Upper limb 1 – upper limb girdle, glenohumeral joint, arm
- Upper limb 2- elbow joint, forearm wrist, hand
- Back – Vertebrae, discs, ligaments, meninges, spinal cord, nerve roots, extensor muscles
- Neck – Fascias, compartments and contents, levels
- Head 1 – Bones of skull, skull base, dura, venous sinuses
- Head 2 – Face, oral cavity, muscles of mastication, CN V and VII
- Neuroanatomy – Divisions of brain, functional area, CSF ventricles, pia, arachnoid, blood supply
- Revision sessions (optional)
- Additional workshops/talks (St Mary's Hospital/online)
- Practical skills sessions (St Mary's Hospital)
- Monday 5 October 2026 – PM
- Tuesday 6 October 2026 – AM
- Tuesday 6 October 2026 – PM
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- Monday 19 October 2026 – PM
- Tuesday 20 October 2026 – AM
- Tuesday 20 October 2026 – PM
- Monday 2 November 2026 - PM
- Tuesday 3 November 2026 - AM
- Tuesday 3 November 2026 - PM
- Monday 16 November 2026 - PM
- Tuesday 17 November 2026 - AM
- Tuesday 17 November 2026 - PM
Thorax assessment
- Monday 23 November 2026 - PM
- Tuesday 24 November 2026 - AM
- Tuesday 24 November 2026 - PM
- Monday 7 December 2026 - PM
- Tuesday 8 December 2026 - AM
- Tuesday 8 December 2026 - PM
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Abdo/Pelvis & Perineum assessment
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Limbs assessment
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Head & Neck assessment
Only run if there is space in the calendar
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- Anaesthesiology webinar (led by Dr Alex Wickham) - date tbc
Practical Skills Session 1: Essentials of Suturing and Knot Tying; Skin Excisions
- Wednesday 14 October 2026 - 1-4pm
- Thursday 15 October 2026 - 1-4pm
- Friday 16 October 2026 - 1-4pm
- Wednesday 28 October 2026 - 9am-12pm
- Thursday 29 October 2026 - 1-4pm
- Friday 30 October 2026 - 1-4pm
Practical Skills Session 2: Introduction to Laparoscopic Skills and Laparoscopic Appendicectomy
- Wednesday 10 February 2027 - 1-4pm
- Thursday 11 February 2027 - 1-4pm
- Friday 12 February 2027 - 1-4pm
- Wednesday 24 February 2027 - 1-4pm
- Thursday 25 February 2027 - 1-4pm
- Friday 26 February 2027 - 1-4pm
Practical Skills Session 3: Open appendicectomy
- Wednesday 21 July 2027 - 9am-12pm
- Thursday 22 July 2027 - 9am-12pm
- Friday 23 July 2027 - 9am-12pm
- Wednesday 28 July 2027 - 9am-12pm
- Thursday 29 July 2027 - 9am-12pm
- Friday 30 July 2027 - 9am-12pm