March 2013


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Another First for FMS

For the second time, the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, has conducted a basic surgical skills course with the Royal College of Surgeons. One of the course’s two coordinators, Michael Ramdass, a lecturer in surgery, reported that this time, 32 “young surgeons in training” were taught how to handle instruments, tie knots, vascular techniques, tendonrepair and so on. Faculty members were also trained and given instructor certificates. The Faculty of Medical Sciences is the only centre in the Caribbean where this training is conducted, and at the end of this one, local staff can now teach this over-subscribed course.