"Two Alpine FRCS VIVA Revision courses each year"

Alpine FRCS VIVA Course in January

Manchester (Alpine) FRCS VIVA Course in Summer

Alpine FRCS General Surgery Section 2 VIVA Course (Les Arcs, FRANCE)

Course Dates: 4th - 11th January 2025

Venue: L'Aiguille Rouge, Les Arcs 2000, France

Course Organisers: Professor Mo Baguneid, Mr Arnab Bhowmick

The number of delegates is limited to 28 (Book early as places tend to go quickly)

Registration Fee (Travel arrangements not included in this price):

£950    Early bird rate until Friday 11th October 2024

£1150   Late registration fee

(GROUP TRAVEL PACKAGE AVAILABLE)

Welcome to the Alpine FRCS VIVA Course, which is set in an exclusive away from it all location in Les Arcs, France where we hope you will find the right balance between intensive revision, plentiful viva practice and the joys of fresh mountain air. 

Each day of the Alpine course commences with a buffet breakfast, followed by four hours of subspecialty seminars. This is followed by a three/four-hour break (will vary), and is the only spare time before around 11 pm. Previous delegates have placed a high value on the opportunities for distraction-free private study during the afternoon break, and others have decided to “clear the head” with a few hours outdoors. Thereafter follows a daily viva practice session until dinner, and after dinner, there are subspecialty evening tutorials. Over the six days, the group will face over 170 vivas, and receive around 36 hours of intensive exam-specific tuition. The clinical exams are simulated with clinical photographs and a wide span of radiological images. There is also the unquestionable and unique benefit of a ‘captive faculty’, providing an opportunity for individual informal consultation.

Each and every viva is conducted and marked as it would be in the examination, and there is the provision of individually tailored feedback and an opportunity to attend ‘viva surgery’ to help you ascertain areas of weakness and improve.

The core faculty members have a vast experience in teaching and examining at this level. Some are past examiners and others are founder members of the course with considerable experience in viva examination at the level seen in the examinations. The faculty numbers are calculated and maintain a high faculty: delegate ratio. This course has been successfully running for the past 18 years.

NOTE: Please let us know if you need help with travel arrangements.  We have a limited number of group package deals that include flights, transfers and 7 nights half board accommodation in the course hotel (L'Aiguille Rouge, Les Arcs 2000). Please discuss this with the course administrator (admin@surgicalcourses.com) if you are interested.

Alpine FRCS General Surgery Section 2 VIVA Course (Hybrid Online/ Face-to-face)

Course dates. TBC

Venue: Online ZOOM (TBC), Manchester Chill Factore (TBC)

Course Organisers: Professor Mohamed Baguneid, Mr Arnab Bhowmick

£TBC Early bird until TBC

£TBC Late registration fee

*** UPDATED 7-DAY HYBRID COURSE FORMAT ***

*** SIMULATED CLINICALS AND LONG CASES INCLUDED ***

**** BOOK EARLY AS PLACES GO QUICK ****

Following the success of our previous ZOOM online courses during the time of Covid-19 restrictions, we have now decided to provide a hybrid summer course that incorporates the benefits of online delivery of lectures/ seminars with some interactive breakout sessions together with face-to-face viva sessions. 

Our previous face-to-face summer courses used to be run over 6 days but we have decided to run the course over 7 days to allow more time for questions and interactions.

The course includes a combination of exam focussed lectures, intensive viva practice and speciality tutorial sessions. We have included several simulated clinical.

The viva sessions are conducted and marked as it would be in the examination, and there is the provision of individually tailored feedback to help you ascertain areas of weakness and improve.

The core faculty members have a vast experience in teaching and examining at this level. Some are past examiners and others are founder members of the course with considerable experience in viva examination at the level seen in the examinations. The faculty numbers are calculated and maintain a high faculty: delegate ratio. Our Alpine FRCS General Surgery Section 2 course has been successfully running for the past 20 years.