Date

Venue

Topics

10 October 2025

TBC - STRIVE / JCUH

Asepsis/sterilization
SIRS
Microbiology of surgical conditions
Diagnosing brain death 
Aneurysms
Principles of ATLS/Airway management
Principles of anaesthesia including local anaesthetic

31 October 2025

Education Centre, Bishop Auckland Hospital, County Durham

Skin tumours
Burns and their management
Consent
Generalism in surgery
Principles of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery
Delerium and the elderly surgical patient
Hand trauma/brachial plexus injury

21 November 2025

TBC - RVI

How to set up a research project
Principles of Statistics
How to publish your academic work
Planning for ST3 interview preparation
Cardiac physiology
Respiratory physiology
Palliative care (Dr McKenna)

19 December 2025

TBC - Sunderland

Children & Acute abdomen
NAI
Umbilical and groin hernias
Urological problems
Colorectal problems
Trauma in children

16 January 2026

TBC - Wansbeck

Common Fractures management
Management of the traumatic wound
Plaster slab workshop
Compartment syndrome
Radiology teaching
Plain films/CT

20 February 2026

Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Freeman Hospital

Transplantation
Pancreatitis
Epistaxis and its management
Disorders of coagulation
Disorders of growth, differentiation & tumour formation
Dialysis/CVVH
Testicular scrotal disorders

20 March 2026

Lecture theatre, Mirfield Centre, University Hospital of North Tees

Benign Breast Disease
Breast Cancer
Management of postop pain & problems
Parathyroid disease and calcium homeostasis
Shock
Peptic ulcer disease

17 April 2026

TBC - South Tyneside / Sunderland

Varicose veins
Acute limb ischaemia
Peritonitis
Acute abdomen
Management of the dying patient
Principles of day surgery
Colorectal Cancer Pathology
Colorectal Cancer Management

15 May 2026

TBC - QEH Gateshead

Stomas and their complications
Critical care – inotropes and invasive monitoring
Critical care – principles of ventilation
WHO checklist
Pre-op work-up – ASA, CPEX, scoring systems
Open Fractures/orthopaedic emergencies

19 June 2026

TBC - Carlisle / CIC

To assess and manage preoperative risk and prepare a patient for theatre.
To conduct safe surgery in the operating theatre environment and to provide medical care for the patient in the postoperative period.
Nutrition
Biliary Disease
Salivary gland disease/neck lumps