RCSEd Vice President, Miss Anna Paisley chaired a session on 'Sustainable Upper GI Surgery' this morning at #ASGBI2026. RCSEd President, Dr Clare McNaught also introduced Prof Mark Potter who delivered the Sir Robert Shields Lecture this afternoon. We'll be back tomorrow on Stand 15.

Lovely to catch up with old @rcsed.bsky.social friends at @asgbi.bsky.social 2026 in Brighton

In Brighton for @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social DSTS . A fantastic course for anyone interested in major trauma, humanitarian work or operating in austere environments @asgbi.bsky.social

A gentle reminder that the registration deadline for the RCSEd National Surgical Skills Competition has been extended! Register by 12 October for this unique opportunity to showcase your skills on a national stage! Register here: https://bit.ly/4fZmZH1

This course will prepare foundation trainees & medical students considering a career in surgery for core surgical training interviews. There will be an opportunity to practice interview skills with feedback on performance from senior surgeons. Book today: https://bit.ly/3YktnBh

RCSEd is delighted to present their Undergraduate Student & Foundation Years Research Symposium, taking place on 28 November 2025. There will be an opportunity to present work undertaken during undergraduate training. Abstracts are also being accepted for this event. Learn... https://bit.ly/4m8hTKc

Ready to elevate your training skills? Join our Training the Trainers course and gain practical tools to enhance your teaching. Discover more and secure your spot here: https://bit.ly/3EICLaB

We are thrilled to announce the incoming Moynihan Academy Council for 2025-2026! Welcome all and thank you to our outgoing team for all of their invaluable input over the last year 🤗

Have you signed up for your Training Village workshops at #ASGBI2025 yet? Places are filling fast, so make sure to register as soon as you can to guarantee a place on the sessions you want. Check out the full Training Village programme here - events.asgbi.org.uk/asgbievents/...

Congratulations to all who participated. A very high level of skill on show today! Looking forward to seeing some of you as future colleagues 💪

That's a wrap for the 2024/25 RCSEd and Medtronic Surgical Skills Competition! Massive congratulations to our winners: 1st - Laura Saunders, Queen's University Belfast 2nd - Poppy Fletcher, Plymouth University 3rd - Matthew Hough, Keele University See you next year!

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of 8 new ASGBI Regional Representatives. We can't wait to work with you! We still have the following vacancies: - North East - North Wales - Northern Ireland - South East Coast - South West More here - asgbi.org.uk/get-involved @pratikroy.bsky.social

🚨 Applications are now open for Associate Surgical Specialty Leads in: 🔹 Liver Cancer 🔹 Pancreas 🔹 Oesophageal Cancer Great opportunity to advance in your specialty! 🗓️ Deadline: 21st March 📌 More details & apply here: t.co/bUsaaYvX6S

RCSEd's Surgical Mentoring Scheme connects surgical trainees seeking mentorship with a diverse group of trained surgical mentors from across the UK. Find out how you can get involved: https://bit.ly/3EARrIY

We are so excited! Training Village bookings will open for #ASGBI2025 on Monday 17th March. This year, we are delighted to be joined by J&J MedTech, Baxter, Medtronic and Corza Medical. More here - events.asgbi.org.uk/asgbievents/...

We are honoured to award Fellowship in surgery ad hominem to Professor Haytham Kaafarani today, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Trauma & Critical Care Surgeon at Massachusetts General, and recent Chief Patient Safety Officer for the Joint Commission. #RCSEdDiploma

Delighted to be appointed and looking forward to working with the team!

Join us for another engaging webinar in this monthly FRCS exam prep series in collaboration with ASGBI. Explore and discuss the guidance, practicalities and evidence base for the management of common conditions in pregnancy and more. Learn more: https://bit.ly/436zHiK

I'm sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why another review?? Just fix specialty training numbers and competition ratios, fix the lack of parking, hot food at night, and rest spaces, don't start rotations on a run of nights..oh and value resident doctors like part of the team. What else did I miss?

Our one-day Laparoscopic Skills in Emergency Surgery course will cover hands-on simulation looking at judgement and laparoscopic skills in relation to general surgical emergencies. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3ETZBfJ

SAGES Guidelines Update to Laparoscopy in the Era of COVID-19. https://buff.ly/4hAo8F8

Join us tomorrow for this webinar, which will kick off the launch of the Multidisciplinary Intercollegiate Green Theatre Checklist volume two! Register here: https://bit.ly/42Edngb

New silicone model enhances laparoscopic appendectomy training by Gonçalves MR, Marinho R (...) Castelo-Branco Sousa M et 6 al. in Updates Surg #Surgery #SurgSky #generalsurgery #MedSky 🪡 read our summary here 📖 read the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13304-025-02127-y

RCSEd is pleased to invite applications for five leadership positions within the College's Learning and Assessment structure. Each role will play a vital role in shaping the College's education, examination & accreditation portfolios. Apply by 7 March: https://bit.ly/4jx8gVa

We were delighted to welcome @news.rte.ie to the #RCSIcharter Robotic Learning Village. @fergalbowers.bsky.social spoke with Professor Barry McGuire and Ms Christina Fleming and learned about RCSI’s publication of Ireland’s first framework for safe, effective robotic-assisted surgery.

Dear the rest of the world: You should absolutely not see the US as reliable for anything at this point, shit, none of us on the inside think we're reliable for anything right now either, you're definitely not alone

Applications are now open for the Averil Mansfield Travelling Fellowship! This award of up to £2500 is open to non-consultant ASGBI members and supports visits to centres of excellence in EGS across the UK and worldwide. Deadline - 28th Feb. More info here - https://buff.ly/44ICiOG

The ASGBI 2025 Video Prize, sponsored by our friends at Behind the Knife is now open for submissions! Deadline - 17th March. More info here - https://buff.ly/41YN18x

We are pleased to announce the appointment of five Associate Surgical Specialty Leads in EGS. Congratulations on your appointments and welcome to the team!

Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.

❗7 DAYS LEFT to grab your early bird tickets and submit abstracts for the Triennial and ICOSET Conference 25. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with fellow educators and members of the RCSEd family. Book today: https://bit.ly/3AHyX8d #Triennial25

RCSEd is recruiting up to five new members of the Trainees' Committee! Join a vibrant group of surgical trainees who have driven change and achieved significant success in areas of trainee life. Nominations close on 10 February - learn more: https://bit.ly/3PPEXQg

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT! We are thrilled to announce our Keynote Lecturers for #ASGBI2025! 🥳😍 Motivational Lecturer - Mr Martin Griffiths Bland Sutton Lecturer - Professor Lydia Cairncross BJS Lecturer - Professor Dana Telem More info and abstract submission - https://buff.ly/4e81l0D

#USA: Trump’s new executive orders on #migration are a devastating step backward. Seeking safety is not a crime. We are once again calling for the development of safe and humane migration policies in line with domestic and international legal obligations. tinyurl.com/4cw63fr8

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

I really hope that in light of recent events, everyone who is of sound mind moves over from Twitter to @bsky.app where sanity presides

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

Forceps Grasp Counts Correlate with Surgical Proficiency by Sanmoto Y, Kawami A (...) Masumoto K et 3 al. in Asian J Endosc Surg #Surgery #SurgSky #generalsurgery #MedSky 🪡 read our summary here 📖 read the article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ases.13403

Now, this is too accurate 👍

🇳🇱Dutch national guideline on the management of intergluteal pilonidal sinus disease ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

🇳🇱Nationwide variations in the execution of minimally invasive right hemicolectomy and short-term outcomes: first phase of the RIGHT study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

Be sure to register for our upcoming 4 Seasons webinar - Achalasia and Reflux for the General Surgeon: From Manometry to Surgery! With talks from Mr Kirk Bowling, Ms Jihène El-Khafsi and Mr Dhiren Nehra, the session is free for all ASGBI and AUGIS members. Register here -

The very first SLiM meeting took place in September. Spearheaded by our President Gill Tierney, SLiM aims to provide expertise and signpost resources for those in clinical management roles. Today we celebrate the success of the day, and thank those involved! More info - https://buff.ly/4gckUH2

Are you passionate about EGS research? We are currently recruiting for Associate SSLs in Emergency General Surgery. The full job description and info on how to apply can be found here -https://buff.ly/4buiLEj Deadline: 10th January 2025.

📽️Watch out our @BJSurgery #reeltime The role of yellow enhancement in laparoscopy ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae288

#ResearchAdvent Day 16 Public engagement is really difficult. Even for medical guidelines it’s very difficult to get patient engagement if you’re researching.. *checks notes*.. very unglamorous topics #rectalbleeding

#SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery #MedicalTechniques #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery #MedicalTechniques @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsopen.bsky.social #colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC #Some4COLoprocto#colorectalsurgery #StepUp4CRC #Crohn #proctology #TeachMeColoproctology

What is the nationwide 🇳🇱 trend and outcome of robotic vs laparoscopic liver surgery? 🔑 Robot less conversion 🔑 Robot less blood loss 🔑 Robot short hospital stay journals.lww.com/aosopen/full... @eahpba.bsky.social @ihpba.bsky.social Rutger Jan Swijnenburg, Gabi Pilz da Cunha, Jeroen Hagendoorn

✈️ The father of the @gastroenterology.bsky.social Guidelines on #IPMN has made it to #Padova 🎓 Released in 2015 they called for surveillance discontinuation ✋ in selected cases but this was NOT accepted by the community Now we know that 🍇 in principle they were right 😇 Thank you Santhi Vege!