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10th May 2014 (Saturday)Department of Surgery/Outpatient department, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Wales

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5th Practice course for Clinical and Viva Examination in FRCS (Gen Surg)

10th May 2014 (Saturday)Department of Surgery/Outpatient department, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Wales

This intensive course (mock exam) was aimed at senior trainees in General Surgery appearing for the Intercollegiate Speciality Board exam in summer/autumn this year. The mock exam, conducted by an experienced group of senior consultants, used the exact exam settings and had patients with signs and symptoms to simulate the real exam.

As in the exam, the mock exam was designed to include structured, patient-based and scenario - based interviews on clinical topics in all aspects of General Surgery.

Every candidate received:1. A clinical examination comprising of two sessions of short cases (30 mins for eachsession)2. Three oral examinations in General Surgery and Sub-speciality (30 mins), EmergencySurgery with Critical Care (30 mins) and Academic aspects (20 mins).

The candidate to examiner ratio was exactly the same as in the exam.

A total of 16 surgical trainees attended this mock exam. The feedback received was very good and the collated feedback can be found in the subsequent pages.

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FacultyMr Bilal Al-Sarireh FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal SurgeonMorriston Hospital, Swansea

Mr Jonathan Barry MCh FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Laparoscopic Bariatric SurgeonMorriston Hospital, Swansea

Miss Tamsin Boyce FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal SurgeonRoyal Gwent Hospital, Newport

Mr T V Chandrasekaran FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Colorectal SurgeonMorriston Hospital, Swansea

Mr Kevin Conway MD, FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant General & Vascular SurgeonRoyal Glamorgan Hospital

Miss Eleri Davies FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Oncoplastic Breast SurgeonUniversity Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Mr Mark Davies MD, FRCS(Gen Surg)Laparoscopic and Colorectal SurgeonMorriston Hospital, Swansea

Mr. Xavier Escofet FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant General & Upper Gastrointestinal SurgeonRoyal Glamorgan Hospital

Mr Kelvin Gomez MD, FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Oncoplastic Breast SurgeonNevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny

Prof. Puthucode Haray MS, DNB, FRCSConsultant Laparoscopic and Colorectal SurgeonPrince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil

Mr James Horwood FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Colorectal SurgeonUniversity Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Mr James Manson MD FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant General & Upper Gastrointestinal SurgeonMorriston Hospital, Swansea

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FacultyMr Gary Osborn FRCS(Gen Surg)Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon FellowMorriston Hospital, Swansea

Mr John Pollitt FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant General, Endocrine and Paediatric SurgeonRoyal Glamorgan Hospital

Mr Michael Rocker FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant General & Vascular SurgeonRoyal Glamorgan Hospital

Mr Parin Shah MD FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Laparoscopic and Colorectal SurgeonRoyal Glamorgan Hospital

Miss Joy Singh MD, FRCS(Gen Surg)Consultant Laparoscopic and Colorectal SurgeonWest Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen

Mr Guy Shinglar FRCS(Gen Surg)Clinical Fellow Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend

Mr Gethin Williams MD FRCS (Gen Surg)Consultant Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgeon Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport

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07.00 07.30 08.30 09.00 09.30 10.00-10.30

10.35-11.05

11.10- 11.40

11.45-12.15

Group A Paper reading Academic viva

Consultants meet patients

General clinical

Speciality clinical

Lunch

Group B Paper reading Academic viva

General clinical

Speciality clinical

Patients arrive Patients leave

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13.30 -14.00 14.05- 14.35

14.45-15.15 15.20- 15.50

16.00-16.30 End of Exam

Group A General/ Speciality viva

Critical care viva Feed back session Group B General/

Speciality viva Critical care viva

Notes Group A candidates 1-8Group B candidates 9-16Each clinical / viva is split into (x6) 4 ½ minute blocks giving a total of 26 minutes with 4 to 9 minutes of feedback.If candidates can not make their start time to read the papers we can email the day before but we would discourage this. One hour and 15 minutes have been set aside for lunch but this can be shortened to cover unforeseen circumstances.

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CommentsWell organised, good structure to vivas. It was clear that faculty were experienced in conducting FRCS examinations and feedback was appropriate.

Mr David MessengerYeovil District Hospital, Yeovil

The course was focused on mock exam practice with essential feedback which we receive in exam only as a pass or fail. The feedback in the course was useful. I hope it will help me to overcome my weaknesses before the exam.

Mr Yogesh KumarHuddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield

Excellent for a one day course. For more experience, the course should be over two days with another round of clinicals on day two with more patients in transplant, breast and endocrine.

Mr Niteen TapuriaDarent Valley Hospital, Dartford

Relevant to exam. With more time (i.e., extra day), could have seen some more cases.Mr Vikas Kumar

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

Very informative course.Mr Sharat Chopra

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend

Very well organized. Good feedback.Mr Francesco Di Fabio

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke

Excellent course.Mr Sudhakar Eleti

Southend Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea

Excellent course. Maybe giving a mark in each station might useful.Mr Trif Papettas

Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester

Good. Mr Sushil Rekhraj

Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham

Good course. Excellent faculty and stimulating course.Mr Sashi Yeluri

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Useful for exam preparation.Mr Ismail Mallick

Scarborough General Hospital, Scarborough

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10th May 2014 (Saturday)Department of Surgery/Outpatient department, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Wales

5th Practice course for Clinical and Viva Examination in FRCS (Gen Surg)