Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 October, 2026
Eligibility
- SET/GSET 3+ General Surgery Trainees
- Specialist International Medical Graduates
The Management of Surgical Emergencies – MOSES – course aims to assist SET/GSET 3+ Trainees, SIMGs, and Consultants to:
- Make better decisions, negotiate dilemmas, and manage distractors in emergency surgery
- Reduce error
- Achieve better outcomes
- Work more effectively within a team
- Improve situational awareness
- Provide strategies for getting out of trouble
- Assist with Fellowship Exam preparation
Run over two full days, MOSES involves a variety of teaching methods including core lectures, skills stations, and group discussions. The course focuses on assessment and decision making skills for emergency situations, within the peri-operative period covering, but not limited to, the following:
- Upper Gastro Intestinal Bleed/ Gastro Intestinal Bleed
- Gastrectomy
- Bowel Obstruction
- Abdominal Emergency
- Post Thyroidectomy Bleed
- Laparotomy
- Complications after rectal surgery
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Soft Tissue Infection
With a high ration of faculty to a low ratio of participants, MOSES will offer you an excellent opportunity to develop strategy and problem solving skills for commonly encountered surgical emergencies in a small team environment, with senior General Surgical Consultants. MOSES is aimed at Specialist International Medical Graduates and senior SET Trainees, particularly Trainees and SIMGs who are contemplating their Fellowship exam, and post Fellowship General Surgical Fellows/Consultants.
Registration
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*Please be aware that places are limited and once full, no further places will become available.