Workforce, training and education
East Midlands

Rotations

Proposed Rotation: ST1 (Core TPD Mr Alwyn Abraham)

Year

Base

Specialty

Specialty

Specialty

Exam

Assessment

ST1

Leicester

General Surgery

Trauma Orthopaedics

General Surgery

 

Core ARCP

ST2

Leicester

Cardiac Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Vascular Surgery

MRCS

Core ARCP

This merges onto the following ST3 Programme MRCS Success id mandatory to progress into ST3 and failure to pass after a 6 month extension in core programme may lead to exit from the programme.

Proposed Rotation: ST3 Cardiac Theme (Subject to change due to needs of trainee and programme)

Year

Base

Specialty

Specialty

Exam

Assessment

ST3

Leicester

Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Surgery with Congenital exposure

 

CTS ARCP

ST4

Nottingham

Thoracic surgery

 

Thoracic

 

 

CTS ARCP

ST5

Nottingham

Advanced Cardiac Surgery

Advanced Cardiac surgery

 

CTS ARCP

ST6

Leicester

Advanced Cardiac Surgery OPCAB

 

Advanced Cardiac Surgery (Aortic)

 

CTS ARCP

ST7

Leicester

Advanced Cardiac Surgery( Mitral)

Option for OOPT

FRCS(CTh)

CTS ARCP

ST8

Nottingham

Advanced Cardiac Surgery (Mitral)

Advanced Cardiac Surgery (Finishing school)

 

CTS ARCP

Proposed Rotation: ST3 Thoracic Theme (Subject to change due to needs of trainee and programme)

Year

Base

Specialty

Specialty

Exam

Assessment

ST3

Leicester

Thoracic surgery

 

Thoracic Surgery

 

 

CTS ARCP

ST4

Leicester

Cardiac surgery

 

Cardiac surgery

 

 

CTS ARCP

ST5

Nottingham

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (Oesophageal)

 

CTS ARCP

ST6

Leicester

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (Mesothelioma)

 

CTS ARCP

ST7

Nottingham

Advanced Thoracic Surgery

Option for OOPT

FRCS(CTh)

CTS ARCP

ST8

Leicester

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (Chest Wall Emphysema)

Advanced Thoracic Surgery (Finishing school)

 

CTS ARCP

The Programme offers opportunities for OOPT in Seattle, Mayo Clinic , Toronto , Hong Kong and Ghanghzou for Thoracic from previous links.

It offers OOPT options in France for Cardiac Surgery.

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