Core Surgical Skills 2
University of Nottingham
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Date: Tuesday 2nd September, 2025 - Tuesday 2nd September, 2025
Start time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Duration: 8 hour(s)
Cost: £240
Through a series of hands-on sessions, you will develop a range of core surgical skills and techniques. Each skill will be introduced with a step-by-step demonstration, before participants practice the technique.
After attending this course, you should have revised and gained both core and new skills in open surgery. You should be able to:
demonstrate safe operating techniques
perform a number of advanced instrument handling skills
understand and appreciate recent innovations in the use of suture materials for wound closure
perform a urinary cystotomy in a safe and confident manner
perform an end-to-end anastomosis of the small intestine in a safe and confident manner
understand the pros and cons of leak testing a cystotomy and enterotomy/enterectomy
understand the importance of, and be able to perform, tying a surgical knot under tension.
Speaker
Professor Rob White
Professor of Small Animal Surgery
Clinical Affiliations
Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons
RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)
European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue).
Clinical Interests
All aspects of small animal soft tissue surgery
Who is it for?
This course is designed as a natural progression from the Core Surgical Skills 1 course.After attending this course, you should have revised and gained core skills in open surgery.This highly practical, workshop-led course is based on the Royal College of Surgeons Intercollegiate Core Surgical Skills Course, which is curriculum mandated training for core surgery training in the medical profession.
The Venue
School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD.
The School of Veterinary Medicine and Science is based at the Sutton Bonington Campus of the University of Nottingham.
The Sutton Bonington Campus encompasses world-leading laboratories and specialist facilities for studying biosciences and veterinary medicine.
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vet/service-for-business/index.aspx
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
8 hours
Registration and Booking
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