Excellence in Surgical Supervision (ESS)

This course is designed for senior trainees (ST7–8), consultants and SAS grades who are, or who are about to become, designated clinical or educational supervisors: 

• other medical and healthcare; 
• professional development; 
• consultant; 
• SAS;
• ST7 and ST8. 

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the structure of surgical training and the key educational roles within it.

• Develop effective training relationships while supporting shared expectations, comprising the ability to:
  
  • Describe effective workplace-based assessments and deliver constructive feedback
  • Write effective supervisory reports, incorporating Generic Professional Capabilities (GPC) terminology.

• Manage excelling and under-performing trainees.
• Describe the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) process.
• Assimilate the key features of the 2021 curricula into your supervisory practice.
  
  
  
  
  

This multi-format course combines e-learning, interactive seminars and a range of practical activities.

Attendance at the face to face course is dependent on completion of some preliminary e-learning delivered via the RCS England virtual learning environment.