Course Review: Mid Yorkshire Plastic Surgery Course-Essential Plastic Surgery Skills for Junior Doctors

Plastic surgery is niche surgical speciality that is not very well covered in curricula of many medical schools around the world. Junior doctors often feel underprepared and unskilled to deal with basic plastic surgery trauma that commonly presents to the emergency department. Most junior doctors have had very limited or no exposure to common plastic surgery procedures. Simulation training would be one effective way of preparing for such placements.The Mid Yorkshire Plastic Surgery Course, accredited by the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons, is an interactive 2-day course that takes place in Wakefield, UK. The Mid Yorkshire Plastic Surgery Course provides delegates with learning opportunities via short, concise lectures followed by longer practical workshops enabling application of theory into immediate practice. It focuses on fundamental plastic surgery skills required to perform key index operating procedures required for entry into higher specialist surgical training. A comprehensive evaluation of this course is conducted in this review.