Session dates for ST5 and ST6 Trainees, 2025-26
- All sessions are 9am – 12pm (unless otherwise stated)
- Assessment sessions will be EITHER 8.30am - 12.30pm OR 1pm - 5pm
ST5 and ST6
- Group BR (Breast) – 9am - noon
- Group CR1 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Group CR2 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Group UGI1 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Group UGI2 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Group V1 (Vascular) – 9am - noon
- Group V2 (Vascular) - 9am - noon
- Group T (Transplant) - various timings
Group BR (Breast) – 9am - noon
- Wednesday 26 November 2025 - wide local excision and wire-guided surgery
- Thursday 11 December 2025 - breast imaging and needle localisation/biopsy
- Wednesday 14 January 2026 - axillary node clearance
- Friday 13 February 2026 - lipomodelling and nipple reconstruction
- Monday 16 March 2026 - mammoplasty
- Thursday 23 April 2026 - LICAP flap reconstruction
- Wednesday 13 May 2026 - magnetic seed localisation
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Tuesday 14 July 2026 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm OR 1-5pm)
Please note that sessions are subject to change, and may take the form of webinars.
Group CR1 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Tuesday 6 November 2025 - laparoscopic suturing
- Wednesday 3 November 2025 - hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis
- Friday 16 January 2026 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Monday 16 February 2026 - rectal prolapse surgery (Delorme's procedure)
- Tuesday 17 March 2026 - laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
- Thursday 16 April 2026 - hand-sewn and stapled ileoanal pouch formation
- Thursday 14 May 2026 - haemorrhoid surgery and treatments
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Friday 10 July 2026 - topic tbc
- TBC 2026 - proctological workshop (optional)
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm)
Group CR2 (Colorectal) – 9am - noon
- Monday 10 November 2025 - laparoscopic suturing
- Friday 12 December 2025 - hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis
- Thursday 22 January 2026 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Tuesday 24 February 2026 - rectal prolapse surgery (Delorme's procedure)
- Thursday 26 March 2026 - laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
- Friday 24 April 2026 - hand-sewn and stapled ileoanal pouch formation
- Wednesday 20 May 2026 - haemorrhoid surgery and treatments
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Wednesday 15 July 2026 - topic tbc
- TBC 2026 - proctological workshop (optional)
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm)
Group UGI1 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Friday 7 November 2025 - laparoscopic perforated peptic ulcer repair and laparoscopic suturing
- Tuesday 2 December 2025 - biliary bypass surgery
- Thursday 15 January 2026 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Wednesday 11 February 2026 - hand-sewn oesophagogastric anastomosis
- Friday 20 March 2026 - laparoscopic fundoplication and Heller's myotomy
- Tuesday 21 April 2026 - laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
- Monday 18 May 2026 - pancreatic anastomoses
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Thursday 9 July 2026 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm OR possibly 1pm-5pm)
Group UGI2 (Upper GI/HPB) – 9am - noon
- Tuesday 11 November 2025 - laparoscopic perforated peptic ulcer repair and laparoscopic suturing
- Wednesday 10 December 2025 - biliary bypass surgery
- Wednesday 21 January 2026 - laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair
- Thursday 19 February 2026- hand-sewn oesophagogastric anastomosis
- Tuesday 24 March 2026 - laparoscopic fundoplication and Heller's myotomy
- Friday 1 May 2026 - laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
- Wednesday 27 May 2026 - pancreatic anastomoses
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Monday 13 July 2026 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm)
Group V1 (Vascular) – 9am - noon
- Thursday 30 October 2025 - femoral popliteal bypass
- Tuesday 25 November 2025 - open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Tuesday 20 January 2026 - carotid endarterectomy
- Thursday 12 February 2026 - renal transplant workshop (9am-4pm, optional)
- Wednesday 25 March 2026 - peripheral endovascular interventions workshop (9am-5pm)
- Monday 20 April 2026 - vascular access surgery
- Friday 15 May 2026 - femoro-peroneal anastomosis
- TBC June/July 2025 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Thursday 16 July 2026 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm)
Group V2 (Vascular) - 9am - noon
- Wednesday 5 November 2025 - femoral popliteal bypass
- Monday 1 December 2025 - open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Thursday 29 January 2026 - carotid endarterectomy
- Tuesday 12 February 2026 - renal transplant workshop (9am-4pm, optional)
- Wednesday 25 March 2026 - peripheral endovascular interventions workshop (9am-5pm)
- Friday 17 April 2026 - vascular access surgery
- Tuesday 19 May 2026 - femoro-peroneal anastomosis
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)
- Wednesday 8 July 2026 - topic TBC
- ASSESSMENT - TBC September 2026 (8.30am-12.30pm)
Group T (Transplant) - various timings
- Thursday 12 February 2026 - retrieval, benching, vascular anastomoses, and ureteric techniques (9am-4pm)
- Friday 17 April 2026 - vascular access surgery (9am-12pm)
- Monday 20 April 2026 - vascular access surgery (9am-12pm)
- Monday 18 May 2026 - pancreatic anastomoses (9am-12pm)
- Thursday 27 May 2026 - pancreatic anastomoses (9am-12pm)
- TBC June/July 2026 - topic TBC (human cadaver session - 8.45am-3pm)