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.