In collaboration with IMU Centre for Lifelong Learning (ICL), IMU School of Medicine led by the Department of Surgery successfully organised a 12-day preparatory course of 25 lectures entitled “IMU MRCS Part A Preparatory Course” .
| Organising Chairman and Committee | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Dr Sherreen Elhariri |
| Organising Committee: | Prof Lim Kean Ghee, President of the College of Surgeons of Malaysia |
| Dr. Ismail Burud, Head of the Division of Surgery & Examiner for MRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons of England | |
| Prof Suneet Sood | |
| Dr Nabeel Ibraheem | |
The Department of Surgery at IMU had already run similar courses twice for Part B since 2018. The objective of the course is to prepare surgical trainees and those awaiting houseman posting for a career in surgery, their master’s degree and the MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, England & Ireland) exam. The preparatory course was conducted online via Zoom, 25 lectures in 12 days (6 weekends) as most of the candidates were engaged in hospital practice. The participants of the course are 60 postgraduate trainees who will be sitting for the upcoming examinations and they are mostly from Malaysia while some were from other countries as the UK, Ireland, Georgia, Australia and Maldives. 16 of our IMU staff in different specialties with exemplary teaching experience were facilitators of the course.
| Topics covered were: |
|---|
| Basic sciences in Applied Anatomy |
| Physiology & Pathology |
| Principle of Surgery -in- General: Orthopaedics, Vascular, Urology, Head & Neck Surgery |
| Trauma (Neurosurgery) |
| Peri-operative Management |
| Plastic (Burns & Skin Tumours) |
| Paediatrics Surgery |
| Transplantation |
| Ethics, statistics & GIT |
| Revision |
Feedback from participants was extremely positive.
| Feedback from Participants | |
|---|---|
| It was very well organized and helpful. Thank you for everything:) | Really Good |
| An interesting and informative course, all speakers are knowledgeable and friendly | It was very helpful |
| Overall, the workshop was very good and informative. It helped to identify key important points in topics to focus on and it allowed me to revise for the exam better. | Good |
| Excellent | Excellent Workshop |
| Overall, this course was very good. Worth joining this group | It is good |
| Very informative and helpful for preparation of the mrcs exam | Excellent |
| A very informative course, helps me to target particular topic and questions. | Good |
| Excellent content and learning points throughout the sessions | Great |
| Overall, the quality of this programme is very good. I was able to cover a huge portion of basic science in such a short duration despite the limited time I had in hand | Very helpful |
| It was a great platform to learn and prepare for MRCS. Lecturers were always welcoming questions and discussions. | Good |
| Very well presented even in a short period of time. Hats off to those lecturers and moderators who sacrifice their weekends to teach us. God bless of all them good souls. | Very good workshop, gave me some insight on what to expect for the exam. |
| The workshop was very informative and very helpful in allowing me to know what to focus on. | Well organised and very engaging |
| Very useful and informative. Loved how the lecturers tried their best to explain everything in brief, thank you lecturers:) | Good |
| Super useful that I could access it at a different time as I was mostly working at the time of the live classes. | Good |
| Good | Excellent |
| Great | Excellent |
All recorded lectures were placed in the e-Training portal and also in our interactive questions bank with explanatory answers.
The next course is scheduled to be on 19 February – 3 April 2022 for candidates who will apply for coming examinations.
Written by Dr Sherreen Elhariri (FRCS), Chairperson
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