NESTAC Launch Meeting

14th October 2017

Inaugural NESTAC meeting, introducing the academy vision, including talks from representatives from every surgical specialty and the opportunity to network.

Provisional programme

• 9:00-9:20: Welcome Talk from RCSEng President Prof Derek Alderson
• 9:20-09:40: Prof A Fisher TBC – Dean of Clinical Medicine, Newcastle University
• 09:40 – 10:00: How the College of Surgeons supports research. Martyn Coomer – Head of Research Dept RCSEng
• 10:00 -10:20: North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC) – mission statement and website launch
• 10:20-10:40: Research opportunities as a medical student and trainee
• 10:40-11:00: Coffee break
• 11:00-11:15: Opportunities in Collaborative Research. Representative from NoSTRA
• 11:15-12:45: Surgical Specialties Research Snapshots. Mr Colin Wilson to chair a session with representatives from each of the major surgical specialties; Transplant/HPB, Orthopaedics, Urology, ENT, Neurosurgery, Breast Surgery, Colorectal, Vascular, Upper GI, Plastics, Cardiothoracics
• 13:30-15:00: Networking workshops:

Student-specific

• Summer projects
• Student selected components (SSCs)
• Electives
• MRES
• Academic Foundation Program projects

Trainee-specific

• Clinical projects
• Academic Clinical Fellow projects
• Academic Clinical Lecturer projects

All attendees

• Research collaboratives
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Tickets available through eventbrite with a £5 refundable deposit