Course Calendar

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08:30 NOTSS (Non-technical skills for Surgeons)   Availability: Places available
Title: NOTSS (Non-technical skills for Surgeons) (NOTSS Registrar OCT 26)
Venue: Clinical Practice Centre, LEEDS - Leeds
Date: Fri 2 Oct 2026, 08:30 to 16:30
Catering: INCLUDED AT VENUE
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: £190.00
Description: This is the one-day RCS Edinburgh accredited "Masterclass in Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons", which provides a broad knowledge and practical experience of the cognitive and social skills which underpin good surgical practice and safer patient care. Using lectures, small group discussions and video assessments the course explores the framework, theory and research underpinning NOTSS and adverse events in surgery and looks at how this can be used to improve surgical performance and patient outcomes. It is suitable for senior trainee and consultant surgeons from all surgical specialities and especially those with an interest in human factors or surgical education.

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08:00 Advanced Trauma Life Support - 10th Edition Hybrid Course   Availability: Places available
Title: Advanced Trauma Life Support - 10th Edition Hybrid Course (ATLSP1026)
Venue: The Old Swan Hotel, HARROGATE - Harrogate
Date: 2 day event starting on Tue 13 Oct 2026, 08:00 to 16:00
Catering: INCLUDED AT VENUE
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: £950.00
Description: The ATLS® course was developed by the American College of Surgeons and has now been adopted in over 60 countries worldwide. It is a global course teaching a systematic process of trauma care for patients with life-threatening injuries. The hybrid course offers online modules (approximately 13 hours) and a shorter face-to-face element.

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08:00 RCS Pre-Hospital and Emergency Department Resuscitative Thoracotom   Availability: Places available
Title: RCS Pre-Hospital and Emergency Department Resuscitative Thoracotom (PERT Oct 2026)
Venue: Clinical Practice Centre, LEEDS - Leeds
Date: Wed 21 Oct 2026, 08:00 to 18:00
Catering: INCLUDED AT VENUE
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: £650.00
Description: This one-day Royal College of Surgeons’ practical course will improve participants’ decision making about the role of resuscitative thoracotomy, and how to integrate this into the trauma resuscitation. It will be based on best current evidence and emphasise damage control principles. Participants will have maximal surgical exposure on porcine models and learn all the skills needed to achieve optimal outcomes from resuscitative thoracotomy. The day will be led by a mixed faculty of surgeons, ED and anaesthesia medical staff.

08:40 Advanced Trauma Life Support - Instructor   Availability: Places available
Title: Advanced Trauma Life Support - Instructor (OCTINSTRUCTOR)
Venue: The Old Swan Hotel, HARROGATE - Harrogate
Date: 2 day event starting on Wed 21 Oct 2026, 08:40 to 16:00
Catering: INCLUDED AT VENUE
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: £799.00
Description: The ATLS programme teaches a simple systematic approach to the management of trauma patients through interactive tutorials, skills teaching and simulated patient management scenarios. The ATLS® course was developed by the American College of Surgeons and has now been adopted in over 60 countries worldwide. 

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08:00 RCS Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: RCS Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS Oct 26)
Venue: Clinical Practice Centre, LEEDS - Leeds
Date: 2 day event starting on Thu 22 Oct 2026, 08:00 to 18:00
Catering: INCLUDED AT VENUE
CPD: 12.000 points
Cost: £600.00
Description: This Royal College of Surgeons, 7th Edition, approved course is aimed at all surgical trainees who are taking up their first surgical position. Over two, highly practical days, you will learn a range of essential basic surgical skills and techniques within a controlled faculty led workshop environment.

09:00 SCOOP   Availability: Only 8 places available
Title: SCOOP (SCOOP 22.10.26)
Venue: Clinical Practice Centre, LEEDS - Leeds
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Management of neck haematomas This is a new simulation-based course covering the SCOOP technique.

13:00 SCOOP   Availability: Only 8 places available
Title: SCOOP (SCOOP 22.10.26 - PM)
Venue: Clinical Practice Centre, LEEDS - Leeds
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 13:00 to 16:00
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Management of neck haematomas This is a new simulation-based course covering the SCOOP technique.