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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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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Date: 27/2/2025
Location: London
Event: Portfolio pathway Training Day
This event, suitable for those with an open, in-progress Portfolio Pathway application with the GMC or those who intend to apply within six months, will include workshops, presentations and Q&A sessions. The event will provide applicants with a deeper understanding of the change of standards, from ‘equivalent to CCT’ to ‘Knowledge, Skills and Experience’ and demonstrate ways to approach an application in the future.
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Date: 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: 13/3/25 and 14/3/25
Location: London
Skills course: Basic Phacoemulsification course 13 – 14 March 2025
This introduction to phacoemulsification cataract surgery course for ST1 and LAT trainees, speciality doctors and other staff grade doctors who have completed the EyeSi courseware A and B training. Participants will use a combination of wet-labs and a Digital Surgical Classroom, with wifi linked Zeiss Stemi microscopes. Trainees will be able to practice core skills in an environment akin to live surgery.
Date: 14/3/25
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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Date: 7/4/25
Location: Newcastle
Course: Inherited retinal disease – the basics and interactive
This one-day course will equip participants with the basics for identifying and managing patients with inherited retinal diseases. Half of the time will will be devoted to a range of engaging, interactive cases with key learning points emphasised.
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Date: 30/4/2025
Location: London
Event: Training the Trainer (TTT) for Senior Trainees and SAS Doctors
This one-day course, suitable for senior trainees (ST5-ST7) and Specialist Grade/Associate Specialist SAS Doctors with over five years’ experience develop skills to make their conversations more valuable for learning and understanding tools for supervision, including objective setting, feedback and appraisal. The course uses a blend of independent preparatory learning with intensively-facilitated practical sessions on the day.
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