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FRCS Exit Exam Course (Section 2) in General Surgery (Preparatory Course) 5th April - 7th April, 2017
Overview
This course is suitable for those taking the FRCS exit examination (International) in General Surgery, or other Post graduate surgical examinations such as MS, DNB, MD and FCPS. The course is ideal for those appearing for the examination in 4 to 6 weeks although some may benefit from doing the course a few months before the intended examination date.
Learning Style
Small group and individual teaching/vivas. No lectures. Candidates will have the opportunity to participate in one on one vivas as in the exam. Slides of images and pathology specimens will be projected and participants will be asked common examination questions. Emphasis will be laid on all participants to answer questions. Each participant will be given time to hone their discussion skills with an examiner and to present the findings confidently. All the curriculum topics in general surgery will be covered in detail: Emergency surgery (including trauma) and Critical care, General Surgery and the General Surgical specialities – upper and lower GI tract, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, endocrine, breast, vascular, transplantation, general surgery of childhood & academic viva.
Aims & Objectives
To prepare the candidate to sit for the FRCS (international) Exit Exam in General surgery or other Exit Exams. Learning Outcomes On completion of this course the candidate will be able to: 1) Describe the techniques required to pass the oral and clinical parts of Section 2 of the exam. 2) Will be able to present and discuss clinical cases as in examination situations.
Program Schedule
| Day 1: 05th April 2017 (Hot topics including current concepts) | |
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| 07.30 | Registration |
| 08.00 – 08.15 | Welcome: Dr. P. Mohandas & Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 08.15 – 08.45 | Structure & format of the FRCS (Intl) – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 08.45 – 09.15 | Oesophagus, Stomach and Duodenum – Mr. Karthik M |
| 09.15 – 10.00 | Colon & rectum – Mr. Selvasekar |
| 10.00 – 10.45 | Hepatobiliary system – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Refreshment Break |
| 11.15 – 12.00 | Vascular surgery – Mr. Ian Hawthorne |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Pancreas and spleen – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 – 14.45 | Anus and peritoneal tumours – Mr. Selvasekar |
| 14.45 – 16.00 | Hernias – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Refreshment Break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Update in Endocrine surgery – Mr. Sai Vittal |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Update in Breast surgery – Miss. Uma |
| 18.30 – 19.00 | Feedback |
| 19.00 | Close of Day 1 |
| Day 2: 06th April 2017 (Scenario based Vivas) | |
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| 08.00 – 09.00 | ‘How to’ in a viva – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | ‘How to’ Trauma and Critical Care – Mr. Ian Hawthrone |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Refreshment Break |
| 10.30 – 11.45 | ‘How to’ Vascular surgery – Scenarios – Mr. Ian Hawthrone |
| 11.45 – 12.45 | ‘How to’ Upper gastrointestinal tract – Mr. Karthik M |
| 12.45 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | ‘How to’ Lower gastrointestinal tract – Mr. Selvasekar |
| 14.30 – 15.30 | ‘How to’ HPB – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Refreshment Break |
| 16.00 – 18.00 | Mock Viva (All faculty) |
| 18.00 – 18.30 | Feedback |
| 18.30 | Close of day 2 |
| Day 3: 07th April 2017 (Academic Viva and Clinicals) | |
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| 08.00 – 09.00 | How to approach Academic viva? – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| / Mr. Ian Hawthrone / Mr. Karthik M / Mr. Selvasekar | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Academic viva (Reading time) |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Academic viva (Critique) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Refreshment Break |
| 11.00 -12.00 | Trauma and critical care – Mr. Doug McWhinnie |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Emergency Surgery – Mr. Selvasekar |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45 – 17.30 | Clinical assessment, presentation, examination & discussion |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Closing remarks and feedback – Dr. P . Mohandas |
| & Mr. Doug McWhinnie | |
ConvenorMr. Doug McWhinnie (RCSEd Clinical Lead) |
Fee£375.00 Course Fee |
ContactEducation Section |
Relevant GradesST5, ST6, ST7, ST8, |
For Online Registration Visit: |
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| Registrations Closed. |
Local ContactProf. Dr. V. Baskaran – +91 95000 60130 |
Testimony from 2016 FRCS preparatory course batch:
Dear Sir, Let me introduce myself as Siddharth, the chennaite from annanagar who attended the FRCS MIOT preparatory course. I am delighted to inform you that I have been successful in the JSCFE exam conducted in KL and have also become a fellow of the RCS. In fact most of the guys who attended the course at Chennai have been successful. ‑thank you sir for the wonderful program at Chennai , which was representative of the real life situation at KL. Kindly Continue to do the same – Siddharth.