Scroll down to see details of all the skills courses and training events taking place over the next few months. Then click on your selected course to see more information and to book your place.
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Date: 11/12/24
Location: London
Event: Student Ophthalmology Review Day
This is a study day for medical students who want to cover essential ophthalmology knowledge and core skills in a day. By the end of the day, students should be able to safely assess patients presenting with an ophthalmic problem and make an appropriate management or referral decision.
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Date: 12/12/24
Location: London
Event: Student Ophthalmology Review Day
This is a study day for medical students who want to cover essential ophthalmology knowledge and core skills in a day. By the end of the day, students should be able to safely assess patients presenting with an ophthalmic problem and make an appropriate management or referral decision.
Click here for more details and to register
2025
Date: 17/1/25
Location: Wakefield
Course: Training The Trainer for senior residents, SAS doctors, and consultants
This one-day course will give you the skills to become a better surgical trainer and support trainees who are in difficult situations. You will develop a variety of educational skills to engage trainees and help them learn efficiently and effectively.
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Date: 20/1/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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Date: 21/1/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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Date: 24/1/25
Location: London
Skills course: Glaucoma Simulated Surgery Skills
An intense one-day trabeculectomy surgical simulation training course.
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Date: 28/1/25
Location: London
Course: Training The Trainer (Supervision of Training in Practice)
This course will help clinical and educational supervisors develop skills to make their conversations with trainees more valuable for learning. It will cover many aspects of the GMC standards required for the appraisal of trainers.
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Date:10/2/25
Location: Online via Zoom
Webinar: Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trial Protocols – Insights from an expert
This webinar, led by Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, will give valuable insights into the protocols for clinical trials.
Date: 20/2/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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Date: 21/2/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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10/3/25 and 11/3/25
Location: London
Event: Professional skills leadership course
This course gives ophthalmologists of all grades and ophthalmic practitioners interested in clinical leadership insights into developing the core skills needed to become an effective leader through presentations, group activities and scenario-building.
Date: 14/3/24
Event: What’s hot in Oculoplastics? RCOphth & BOPSS joint study day
Location: York
This event will give participants tips and insights, as well as the chance to ask questions and discuss issues around lacrimal surgery, periocular skin cancers, management of the incomplete or defective closure of the eyelids and enucleation. They will also explore assessment and management of moderate complexity in oculoplastics patient in eye casualty and thyroid eye disease.
Date: 17/3/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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Date: 18/3/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery
This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.
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Date: 19/3/25
Location: London
Event: Medico-legal course
This all-day symposium will give ophthalmologists of all levels and experience, including trainees, SAS doctors and consultants an insight into litigation, which is ever-increasing. The day also includes talks on how we learn from litigation and clinical errors, how to protect yourself from litigation and how to become/the role of a medical expert. The afternoon will be dedicated to an interactive “You’re the Judge” session.
Date: 21/3/25
Location: London
Course: Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training
This course will help Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Optometrists and Ophthalmic Nurses who are experienced in education and would like to implement the Ophthalmic Practitioner Training (OPT) programme in their unit or region.
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