GAIN: Great Britain and Ireland Neurosurgery Teaching Programme
This is being launched by Health Education England as part of a pan-surgical training agenda, wherein each surgical speciality will develop its own online training programme on a national scale to complement pre-existing local/regional teaching as well as standardise access to core teaching across all regions.
Andrew Edwards-Bailey, ST4 Trainee, is leading on the Neurosurgery element of this and he hopes it will be a useful addition to training which will complement the impressive work done by platforms such as eBrain and the Brainschool series. The programme is open to all neurosurgical trainees in the UK and Republic of Ireland (NTN trainees and non-NTN trainees alike including trust grade and locally employed doctors in neurosurgery). In the fullness of time, the aim is to have a library of resources, live sessions, operative videos, mock exams, MCQs etc., but in the short term they are starting with monthly webinars which will be broadcast live via teams, and then stored for people to watch later the Postgraduate virtual learning environment (PGVLE).
The details of the webinar sessions are:
- Starting in September (25 & 26 September 2024)
- 2 x 2 hour teaching sessions per month
- Will run 5-7pm on the last Wednesday and Thursday of the month
- Multiple expert speakers per session
- Run via Teams and accessed via the PGVLE
- Recordings of the talks will be stored on the PGVLE to be re-watched at any time
- Certificates will be provided only for attendance at the live session.
- Will cover the national neurosurgery curriculum, aiming to be at a level of knowledge required for the FRCS exam.
To attend the sessions and access the programme, you will need to be given access to the PGVLE. To register for this, you will need to complete the survey at https://forms.office.com/e/a4iHSDCYSC or scan the QR code below:
Nicholas Carlton-Bland
NHS National Director of On line Training for Neurosurgery