Trauma & Orthopaedic Regional Training Days

The Peninsula Trauma and Orthopaedic Training Programme training days take place every two weeks every month except for August.  The 3 year rolling programme is designed to cover the syllabus of all Trauma and Orthopaedic topics to FRCS level but it is not exhaustive and extra reading and revision is required in order to meet and satisfy the knowledge requirements to be successful at the FRCS (Tr&Orth) exam taken after four years of successfully completed training to the satisfaction of the Higher Surgical Training Committee.

Trainees are expected to attend all teaching sessions unless on annual or statutory leave. All trainees should keep a log of their attendance along with reasons for any non-attendance. This information should be uploaded to the ‘other evidence’ section of the ISCP as part of your ARCP evidence.

It is expected that trainees with their FRCS (Tr&Orth) would attend  up to 50% of the training days in order to offer their experience and recent knowledge to the more junior trainees and where needed to help in practical elements of the teaching programme.  They are also expected to produce a ‘diary’ for this period and be able to justify their absence with appropriate evidence of clinical work.

The winter term is interrupted by the UKITE exam and the FRCS mock exam, held every year on the first and second Friday in December.  These sessions are mandatory and it is expected that the post-FRCS trainees will attend to act as examiners along with local consultants.

The Teaching Programme/ Training Days are overseen by Mr Andrew Murphy. The programme dates are available in the table below.

Please see the School Structure page for Head of School, Training Programme Director, College Tutor and School Management contact details. 

Date

Session

Facilitator

08.09.2023 Hand and Wrist 3  Mr Nic Jagodzinski
22.09.2022 No Teaching (BOA Conference)  
06.10.2023 Hand and Wrist 4 Ms Nicola Fine
20.10.2023 Spine 1 - Trauma Mr Wisam Selbi & Mr Ramanan Sivakumaran
03.11.2023 Mock Exam Mr Will Griffiths-Jones
17.11.2023 OSCARS regional meeting  Prof A Toms
01.12.2023 Spine 2 - Developmental and paediatric deformity  Mr Wisam Selbi & Mr Oliver Stokes
15.12.2023 UKITE Exam TBC
29.12.2023 Christmas Break - No Teaching N/A
12.01.2024 Spine 3 - Degenerative spinal pathologies  Dr Budd & Mr Tim Germon
19.01.2024 ARCP Feedback Session N/A
26.01.2024 Spine 4 - Spinal infections, endoscopic spine surgery & differential diagnosis  Mr Wisam Selbi, Dr Morgan, Dr Harrower, Mr Subramanian
09.02.2024 Spine 5 - Spinal oncology  Mr Wisam Selbi & Dr Hamilton
23.02.2024 Foot & Ankle  Mr James Aird & Mr Richard Cove
08.03.2024 Foot & Ankle - Torbay Hospital Horizon Centre Mr Thomas Ball
22.03.2024 CANCELLED. Mr Thomas Ball
05.04.2024 Easter Break - No Teaching N/A
19.04.2024 Foot & Ankle Mr Mark Westwood
17.05.2024 Foot & Ankle Mr Ian Sharpe
31.05.2024 Shoulder & Elbow 1 Mr Mark Brinsden 
14.06.2024 Shoulder & Elbow 2 Mr Chris Smith 
28.06.2024 ARCP's - No Teaching N/A
12.07.2024 Shoulder & Elbow 3 Mr Andy Murphy 
26.07.2024 No Teaching N/A
09.08.2024 No Teaching N/A
23.08.2024 No Teaching N/A
06.09.2024

Shoulder and elbow 4

Mr Paul Guyver
20.09.2024 BOA Annual Meeting - registration required here. TBC
04.10.2024 Shoulder and elbow 5

Ms Martha Ricketts 

18.10.2024 Knee 1 TBC
01.11.2024 Knee 2 TBC
15.11.2024

OSCARs

TBC
22.11.2024 Cadaveric Knee & Shoulder Arthroscopy - No study leave application required. Mr Paul Guyver
29.11.2024 No Teaching N/A
06.12.2024

UKITE exam - No study leave application required.

Mr Paul Guyver
13.12.2024 Mock FRCS Exam  Mr Ben Bradley 
27.12.2024 Christmas Break - No Teaching N/A
10.01.2025 Knee 3 TBC
24.01.2025 Knee 4 TBC
07.02.2025 Knee 5 or Paeds 1 TBC
21.02.2025 Paeds 1 or 2 TBC
14.03.2025 Paeds 2 or 3 TBC
28.03.2025 Paeds 3 or 4 TBC
11.04.2025 Easter break - No Teaching N/A
25.04.2025 Paeds 4 or 5 TBC