On completion of this course, delegates will understand:

• Gowning and gloving
• How to handle surgical instruments correctly
• How to create surgeon’s knots and how to drive a needle through tissue accurately
• The use and creation of interrupted suture’s, and sub-cuticular sutures to close a wound
• How to perform a skin lesion excision, under local anaesthesia (simulated exercise)
• How to remove a sebaceous cyst, including drainage and excision (simulated exercise)
• Basic endoscopy techniques; including a practical workshop were delegates will demonstrate hand-eye coordination through various stacking and cutting exercises.