Courses

Robotic Training

LAPCO Robotic Train the Trainer

Dates: 11th & 12th November 2024

Course Fee: £700 for established Consultants/£500 senior trainees or Early Years Consultant (First 5 years)

(Included in the course fee: Two nights accommodation from 10th to 11th November and course dinner on 11th November)

Suitable for: Robotic Colorectal Surgeons

This 2 day interactive course has been shown to substantially improve the efficiency and effectiveness of surgical training.

6 delegates with 4 faculty

Day 1 – Interactive sessions and robotic simulation work

Day 2 – In theatre

Course Leader: Sharmila Gupta

Key aims of the Train the Trainer course:

  • Implementing a standardised structured teaching framework
  • Reflection and review of performance
  • Optimising human factors and communication

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Sharmila Gupta

Sharmila Gupta

Course Lead

Introduction to Robotic Surgery

Course Dates: Wednesday 11 June 2025

Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Fee: £450

Reduced rate for ESNEFT staff

  • Virtual skills assessment
  • Overview of Xi Robot
  • Port placement & docking the robot with hands on practice
  • Simulation Training
  • Dry skills training
  • Emergency conversion

This course has been accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for 5 CPD Points

**This course is open for booking now**

Subash Vasudevan

Subash Vasudevan

Course Leader
Mr Barry Whitlow

Mr Barry Whitlow

Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Robotic-Assisted Gynaecology SITM

Course Dates: Friday 13 June 2025

Venue: ICENI centre, Colchester Hospital

Course Fee: £450 (Reduced rate is available for ESNEFT staff & Eastern Deanery Trainees)

Course Topics:

The course starts with a virtual skills assessment and then covers:

  • An overview of the Xi Robot
  • Port placement and docking the robot with hand-on practice
  • Simulation and uterine ally positioning system
  • Dry skills lab training, including live suturing and diathermy

Primary Total Knee Replacement Course: Basic Principles in Planning & Surgical Technique

Dates: Future Dates TBC. Register your interest below

Fee: TBC (including course dinner)

Suitable for: ST3+

Faculty: Tim Parratt, Mark Loeffler, Lokesh Sharoff, Mabs Alam, Vish Mula, Ben Quansah, Ed Massa & Joby George

Course Organisers: Andrew Bircher, Vidhya Chauhan & Alexandra MacMillan

Topics Include:

  • Interactive Video
  • Anatomy
  • Alignment
  • Soft Tissues
  • Total Knee Replacement Designs
  • Complex Case Discussion
  • Robotic Total Knee Replacement – hands-on session

Sponsored by Smith & Nephew.

You can register your interest now

Course Organiser: Alexandra Macmillan

Course Organiser: Alexandra Macmillan

Course Organiser: Andrew Bircher

Course Organiser: Andrew Bircher

MSC Robotic Surgery (Simulation)

If you want to develop your understanding of robotic surgery and take the first steps towards developing your career in the field of robotic surgery then why not take a look at a two years part-time online masters degree.  A joint initiative between Anglia Ruskin University, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and The ICENI Centre, the MSC Robotic Surgery Course is now open for applications.

To find out more, head to the ARU website:

MSC Robotic Surgery

MSC Core Concepts in Robotic Surgery

Year 1 covers Principles of Robotic Surgery, Robotic Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, and Robotic Gynaecological Surgery.

Year 2 involves Postgraduate Research Design, Research Project, Robotic Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery, Robotic Urological Surgery and Advanced Professional Decision Making.

MSC Core Concepts in Robotic Surgery