School of Surgery

National selection into higher specialist training in general and vascular surgery in the UK has just ended for 2014. This video is the pre-interview briefing for applicants, and might be useful to yo...

15 Touko 20148min

So, you're a medical student who has just started a vascular surgical attachment. You have no idea what the surgeons are talking about when they are discussing the operations on the list tomorrow. How...

11 Touko 201415min

The interview was going well until at the academic station the interviewer asked: "Can you tell me what you understand by the power of a trial and what was the sensitivity of the test used in this stu...

2 Touko 201417min

This podcast contains all you need to know about the medical management of severe ulcerative colitis, from definitions, treatments, toxic megacolon, when to call the surgeon and many other things you ...

1 Touko 201418min

"Why would you do a t-test on these data and what is it?" asked the interviewer in a national selection interview. "Errrrrrr...." replied the trainee surgeon who was beginning to think they wished the...

21 Huhti 201417min

School of Surgery is 1 year old today. We would like you to get involved through our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/surgeryschool) and tell us what's good and what could be better, whether you want m...

15 Huhti 20143min

"Doctor - is it normal for that wound to be red and pus leaking from it? What shall I do?" It is inevitable that you will see post operative wound infections whether you work as a doctor or other heal...

27 Maalis 201417min

So, you're a medical student who has just started a surgical attachment. You have no idea what the surgeons are talking about when they are discussing the operations on the list tomorrow. How are you ...

22 Maalis 201412min