DOCTORS ACADEMYDOCTORS ACADEMY Disseminating Medical Knowledge and Skills Globally The Christie FRCS Exit Exam Course in General Surgery (Revision Course) 11th January 2013 - 13th

DOCTORSACADEMYDisseminating Medical Knowledge and Skills Globally

The Christie FRCS Exit Exam Course in General Surgery

(Revision Course)

11th January 2013 - 13th January 2013 Education Centre, The Christie, Manchester, M20 4BX

www.doctorsacademy.org

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Dear Colleague,

Thank you very much for facilitating the recently concluded Christie FRCS (Gen Surgery)

Revision Course. The feedback from the candidates was very positive and they seem to have

immensely benefited from the course.

We plan to conduct this course twice a year at the Christie. The success of this course has been

due to the commitment and the engagement from the faculty, and this was clearly appreciated

by all the candidates. Some of you brought your patients for the clinical examination and the

candidates were very grateful for this. They felt that this was the one of the highlights of the

course as they were exposed to a huge variety of clinical cases in one afternoon. Could you

kindly thank the patients and the clinical nurse specialists who kindly assisted with this task?

Thank you once again for all your help and will look forward to your continued support.

Mr C Selvasekar, MD, FRCSCourse ConvenerConsultant Laparoscopic Colorectal SurgeonChristie Hospital, Manchester

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Mr. Ashfaq Chandio St. Columcilles Hospital, Dublin

Mr. Biswajit Ray University Hospital of Leeds

Mr. Bobby Dasari Belfast Trust Hospital, Belfast

Mr. Chuan Tan Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Mr. Edmund Leung University Hospital Coventry

Ms. Geta Maharaj West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen

Mr. Loannis Peristerakis North Manchester General Hospital

Mr. Nicholas Stylianides Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr. Nisar Ali University Hospital Limerick, Ireland

Mr. Rajaraman Durai Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Margate

Mr. Rehan Saif Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Ms. Ruth Johnston Belfast City Hospital, Belfast

Ms. Savita Taribagil Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital

Mr. Syed Faiz Alam Letterkenny General Hospital, Ireland

Mr. Yasser Ghanem Royal London Hospital


Candidate List



Mr Chelliah Selvasekar, MD, FRCS Course ConvenerConsultant Colorectal Surgeon The Christie Hospital, Manchester Hospital, Manchester

Mr Pradip Datta, MBE, MS, FRCSEdChair of Faculty and Principal Course TutorHonorary Consultant SurgeonCaithness General Hospital, Wick, Scotland

Dr Mike Braun, MBChB, MRCP, PhDConsultant in Medical OncologyThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Miss Caroline Bruce, FRCSConsultant Colorectal SurgeonMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton

Mr Tunde Campbell, MBBS, FWACS, FRCSEd (Gen Surg)Consultant Transplant SurgeonCentral Manchester University Hospitals

Mr Sumohan Chatterjee, MBBS FRCS (CSIG London) FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Breast SurgeonSalford Royal Hospital

Dr Dulantha Da Silva, MRCSClinical Fellow in SurgeryThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr Stuart Enoch, PhD, MRCSEd, MRCS (Eng)Programme DirectorDoctors Academy Group (Intl), Cardiff

Mr Paul Fulford FRCSConsultant Colorectal SurgeonThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr Magdi Hanafy, MB BCH (Hons), FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Vascular & Paediatric SurgeonMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton

Dr Vidya Kasipandian, FRCA FFICMConsultant in Critical Care and AnaesthesiaThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr Arif Khan, FRCSEd, FRCSConsultant General and Colorectal SurgeonMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton


Faculty List


Mr Gopal Mahadev, MRCS AFRCS FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Breast SurgeonMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton

Miss Sarah O’Dwyer, MD, FRCSConsultant Colorectal SurgeonThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr Andrew Renehan, PhD, FRCS, FDSClinical Senior Lecturer – University of ManchesterHonorary Consultant Colorectal SurgeonThe Christie Hospital, Manchester

Mr Abdus Samee, MS, FRCS, MD, FRCSEd (Gen Surg)Registrar in General SurgeryUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire

Mr Siba Senapati, MS, FRCS, FRCS (Gen)Upper GI SurgeonSalford Royal Hospital

Mr Venkat Srinivasan, FRCS (Ed) FRCS (ORL)Consultant ENT/Thyroid SurgeonWirral University Teaching Hospital

Mr Roop Tandon, FRCSHon. Consultant, The Christie Hospital, ManchesterRetired Consultant Orthopaedic SurgeonSurgical Skills Tutor – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Mr Malcolm Wilson, MD, FRCSConsultant Colorectal SurgeonThe Christie Hospital, Manchester


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1 Format of the FRCS Section 2. Tips on how to succeed Excellent 69.23 Good 30.77 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent69%

Good31%

Satisfactory0%

Average0%

Poor0%

Tips on how to succeed in the exam

2 Examination Techniques - 10 commandments Excellent 64.29 Good 28.57 Satisfactory 7.14 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent64%

Good29%

Satisfactory7%

Average0%0%

Examination Techniques - 10 commandments

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3 Upper Gastrointestinal tract Excellent 85.71 Good 7.14 Satisfactory 7.14 Average 0 Poor 0

4 Oncology Excellent 7.14 Good 7.14 Satisfactory 28.57 Average 42.86 Poor 7.14

Upper Gastrointestinal

tract0%

Excellent86%

Good7%

Satisfactory7%

Average0% Poor

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Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Excellent7%

Good8%

Satisfactory31%Average

46%

Poor8%

Oncology



5 Colorectal anal cancer &pseudomyxoma peritonei Excellent 38.46 Good 30.77 Satisfactory 23.08 Average 0 Poor 0

6 Vascular Surgery Excellent 72.73 Good 9.09 Satisfactory 18.18 Average 0 Poor 0

7 Trauma, emergency surgery Excellent 76.92 Good 15.38 Satisfactory 7.69 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent42%

Good33%

Satisfactory25%

Average0%

Poor0%

Anal cancer &pseudomyxoma peritonei

Excellent73%

Good9%

Satisfactory18%

Average0%

Poor0%

Vascular Surgery

Excellent77%

Good15%

Satisfactory8% Average

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Trauma and Emergency Surgery



8 Critical Care Excellent 76.92 Good 15.38 Satisfactory 7.69 Average 0 Poor 0

9 Academic Viva Excellent 85.71 Good 14.29 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

10 Clinical Case Presentation Excellent 92.86 Good 7.14 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent77%

Good15%


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Critical Care

Excellent86%

Good14%

Satisfactory0%

Average0%

Poor0%

Academic Viva

Excellent93%

Good7%


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Clinical Examination



11 Hepatobiliary, pancreas and spleen Excellent 85.71 Good 7.14 Satisfactory 0 Average 7.14 Poor 0

12 Thyroid and endocrines Excellent 90 Good 10 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

13 Non malignant lower GI & breast conditions Excellent 100 Good 0 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent86%

Good7%

Satisfactory0%

Average7%

Poor0%

Hepatobiliary, pancreas and spleen

Excellent90%

Good10%

Satisfactory0%

Average0%

Poor0%

Thyroid and Endocrine

Excellent100%

Good0%

Satisfactory0%Average

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Non malignant lower GI & breast conditions



14 Scenario based critical care Excellent 90.91 Good 9.09 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

15 Basic urology, head & neck and skin conditions Excellent 100 Good 0 Satisfactory 0 Average 0 Poor 0

Excellent91%

Good9%

Satisfactory0%

Average0%Poor

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Scenario based critical care

Excellent100%

Good0% Satisfactory

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Basic urology, head & neck and skin conditions



COURSE (INDIVIDUAL TOPICS) Overall organisation of the event 8 4 0 2 0 Correspondence before the event 4 4 3 1 2 Structure/Content of the event 9 3 1 1 0 Suitability of material to the delegates attending 7 5 1 0 0 Visual aids 9 4 1 0 0 Effectiveness of speakers 10 3 0 1 0 Standard of venue & training facilities 10 4 0 0 0 Course dinner (Saturday evening) 8 0 1 1 1 Would you recomment this course to others? 11 2 0 1 0

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“Very good course. Academic viva and clinical presentation were very useful.”Mr Chuan Tan

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

“Good course and value for money. Clinical case presentation, academic viva and critical care lectures were very good.”

Mr Ashfaq ChandioSt.Columcilles Hospital, Dublin

“Clinical case discussion from Mr Datta was very helpful.”Mr Rehan Saif

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne

“As usual, the session based teaching by Mr Datta was excellent. Clinical cases and the discussion that followed were really useful towards exam preparation. Good study material was provided for practicing. Would highly recommend this course.”

Mr Biswajit RayYorkshire Deanery

“Clinical case presentations were useful.”Mr Nicholas Stylianides

Christie Hospital

“Viva and clinical exercises were very good. This is a very useful course for the exam.”Mr Nisar Ali

University Hospital Limerick, Ireland

“Mr Datta is an excellent teacher. Overall very good.”

“Mr Datta taught us the exact technique for answering questions in a structured manner. The slides and the clinical pictures were very good. The talk by Ms Sarah O’Dwyer on ‘Tips to pass the exam’ was excellent. Very good practice of clinical cases.”

“Clinical case presentations and Academic viva were very useful. The variety of cases provided and discussed helped to understand what may come up in the exam.”

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