Health Education England elearning for healthcare has worked with the Royal College of Surgeons to develop and update eSurgery, a free elearning resource supporting trainees in their early years of surgical training.
This resource provides a broad theoretical knowledge common to all surgical specialties and help trainees develop the basic knowledge and skills required of a surgeon.
eSurgery offers interactive elearning sessions structured in modules that map to the <http://www.iscp.ac.uk> Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP).
The modules cover:
- Basic science knowledge relevant to surgical practice
- Common surgical conditions – this module has recently been updated with 22 new sessions
- Basic surgical skills
- Peri-operative care of the surgical patient
- Assessment and management of patients with trauma – this module has recently been updated with 13 new sessions
- Organ and tissue transplantation.
The eSurgery programme is now available via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
For more information about eSurgery and how to access the programme please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/surgery/.