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1. Tutorial Tuesday starts on 13th April. Email has been sent to advertise places:

Anatomy Tutorials:
Anatomy tutorials will form a series of workshops including drawing some anatomy schematics and talking through some anatomical models, all orientated for surgical and clinical relevance. These tutorials will be given by Mr Tim Stansfield, General Surgical Registrar. For your information, the provisional programme for these workshops looks like this:
13 Apr 10  Abdomen (Overview, Aorta plus branches, Liver, retroperitonieum)
20 Apr 10  Groin and Pelvis (Overiew, Pelvic floor, Inguinal canal, femoral canal)
27 Apr 10   Neck and Thorax (Overview, thoracic inlet, chest wall, lymph drainage)
04 May 10   Head and Spine (Overview, Spinal cord, facial skeleton, Cranial nerves)
11 May 10   Upper Limb (Overview, brachial plexus and peripheral nerves, rotator cuff)
18 May 10   Lower Limb (Overview, vessels, osteofascial compartments, popiteal fossa)

An email will be sent out every week to advertise places at the tutorials. There are 8 places available each week. This week’s tutorial on the abdomen starts at 1900hrs prompt, so please arrive at the Sick Kids’ CL&H Centre for 18.45hrs.

FY Tutorials:
In parallel to Mr Stansfield’s anatomy workshops, there will also be tutorials from FYs on various different topics relevant to Finals.

2. Lecture “Lumps, Bumps, Scars and Hernias” by Mr John Terrace. Another revision lecture in the series. Date and venue to be confirmed.

3. Richard McGregor: the Sequel. Lecture on “Post-op complications.” Wednesday 12th May, RHSC Lecture Theatre. Time to be confirmed.

4. Lecture “Shock, Gases and Electrolytes” by Mr Jacques Kerr, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Borders Hospital. Thursday 27th May, RHSC Lecture Theatre. Time to be confirmed.

5. Tutorial Orthopaedic Examinations. Date, venue and places to be confirmed.

6. Plus more tutorials from FY Doctors. Topics, dates and venues to be confirmed.

In the meantime, we are still looking for submission of reports on surgical Electives, or abstracts on project work to put on the website. If you are interested, templates can be found on the appropriate page (linked to the Resources section).

And please check the Resources and Lectures Sections for advice and notes on various topics.

If you are interested in writing for the website, please email the Society with your ideas. Articles will be placed in the Resources’ section (there are some rough topic suggestions already up, but really any contribution is welcome).

Also, if you are interested in becoming a Student Affiliate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, please fill in the registration form (here) and return it to Lindsey Donaldson, their Career Outreach Facilitator.  The affiliation scheme costs £15, and is payable by credit/debit card or by cheques made payable to Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

For this you will receive the following benefits:

*        Quarterly Copies of the College’s Award winning publication, Surgeons’ News, with student pages to which you can contribute
*        A certificate of affiliation
*        Advance notice of relevant College events, priority booking and discounts on selected courses
*        Regular newsletters
*        Free help & advice
*        Personalised college email address and access to the student pages on the College website.

*** Student Research Symposium at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh***

Friday 27th November. Attached should be further details of this event. If you are interested in presenting on the day, please read over the forms and enter an abstract.

Advert Application Nov 09; Guidelines for submission 09

James Blackmur- Vice President

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