• 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!

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  • Lister Surgical Skills Competition

    The College is delighted to announce the launch of a nationwide surgical skills competition aimed at senior medical students. Students throughout the UK will have the opportunity to compete in one of 17 regional heats being held around the UK from September to December 2011. Those judged to have the best surgical skills will then compete in the Grand Final in Edinburgh during February 2012 as part of the Lister Centenary Celebrations.   Sound good so far? Well ...

    Posted at June 6, 2011 | By : | Categories : External Events | 0 Comment
  • Professor Harold Ellis Medical Student Prize for Surgery

    There is now just one week left until the closing date for entries to the Professor Harold Ellis Medical Student Prize for Surgery. The winner receives £500 and the top three entries also receive £100 for their surgical society so it’s well worth entering. Also, a national prize is always a great line in your portfolio! More information is on the RCS website: http://surgicalcareers.rcseng.ac.uk/students/medical-students/prizes

    Posted at May 26, 2011 | By : | Categories : Announcements | 0 Comment
  • Practice OSCE Course for Year 3 Medical Students

    21 May 2011 | Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester This intensive one-day OSCE revision course is specially tailored to assist year three medical students prepare for their exam in June 2011. Taught by clinicians, this course will provide students with focused revision of the most common OSCE scenarios tested in the exam. It will also aid the candidate’s ability to obtain a focused history, interpret relevant data, communicate effectively, and perform clinical examinations slickly and present the findings ...

    Posted at May 10, 2011 | By : | Categories : External Events | 0 Comment
  • Surgically Applied Anatomy for Medical Students

    Sign up to the first ever ‘Surgically Applied Anatomy Workshop for Medical Students’. Taught by practicing surgeons, this highly interactive event will feature focus-group workshops and individual demonstrations complemented by interactive lectures in surgical anatomy. The workshops will use imaginative artwork in identifying important surface anatomy landmarks and the underlying structures on live human models. Students will also be taught common surgical approaches, and more importantly, structures you will be asked in the operating theatre! Surgical anatomy pertinent ...

    Posted at May 6, 2011 | By : | Categories : External Events | 0 Comment