• Lifetime Membership

    membership is currently £5 and this lasts for your entire time in Manchester

  • Lectures & Courses

    attend Scalpel's award-winning lectures and skills courses

  • Network

    get mentored by some of the most eminent surgeons in the country

  • Conference

    present your work to an international audience

Welcome to Scalpel!

Scalpel is an independent surgical society based at the University of Manchester. We are one of the largest undergraduate surgical societies in the UK and a leader in providing educational opportunities in surgery for medical students.

  • FastForward – Win 40K to change healthcare!

    Calling all entrepreneurs! What is the NHS missing? Got any ideas? Fancy a CV Boost? Fastforward is the latest project from Fastbleep - a national student innovation competition culminating in a conference in March 2012! If you have an original idea of a product/software/service that would revolutionise the NHS and want this turned into reality with £40,000 investment look no further!   Step 1: Get a team & ...

    Posted at February 5, 2012 | By : | Categories : External Events | 0 Comment

  • Scalpel Welcomes New Committee for 2012

    Scalpel is delighted to announce the new committee for 2012! Once again, the application process for committee positions has been very competitive this year and we are confident that the new committee will show incredible leadership in the new year to continue our tradition of excellence in supporting medical students at the University of Manchester. We would also like to thank members of the previous committee for their hard work and amazing accomplishments in 2011 including ...

    Posted at January 1, 2012 | By : | Categories : Announcements | 0 Comment

  • Free Access to Orthopaedic Simulator Training

    Training in the UK has changed since the European Working Time Directive, resulting in less training time. This means less opportunity to develop surgical skills. We have looked at ways of developing these skills, and one way is through the use of simulators. The current simulators are expensive, and also not very accessible. How many of you have got regular access to a simulator? In fact, many surgical trainees don't have. This surgical simulator training project will ...

    Posted at December 13, 2011 | By : | Categories : Announcements | 0 Comment

  • 2nd Foundation ENT Conference

    Sunday 4th March 2012: 9.30am - 5pm | Royal College of Surgeons England The day will consist of a morning of lectures covering career advice, how to get ahead in ENT and Essentials lectures on Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. There will also be a session on management of emergencies. The afternoon will cover a number of practical skills including examination skills, head and neck anatomy, suturing, management of epistaxis, airway management skills and foreign body removal. Poster ...

    Posted at December 3, 2011 | By : | Categories : External Events | 0 Comment