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The Autumn Primary SWAC is now available for booking. It will be held on 16th October 2025 at GUH Education Centre. Please follow the link below for further details and booking. SWAC

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*The next Educational Supervisor's Update Day* Will be held at the Swalec Stadium, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Weds 1st October 2025. See poster below for provisional details - further information and booking to follow shortly. ES Update Poster

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The Human Factors in Surgery Network (HFSN) are excited to announce their annual conference hosted by the Oxford Medical Sciences Education Centre. This exciting one day conference will feature lectures from human factors and safety experts, including; Professor Kevin Fong, Lt Coln Langley Sharp and Professor Peter Brennan amongst many others. The conference will explore the impact of human factors in healthcare, innovation, education and well-being with an anticipated 6 CPD points. Learning points easily linked to many aspects of the curriculum including non-clinical domains. More information available on the website

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The current Part B Transfer courses available to book are advertised below. Please see the Transfer Training page for Part A videos and further information. 2025 dates at Grange University Hospital Monday 9th June Friday 19th September Tuesday 2nd December Please use the link below to express an interest in attending the ABUHB courses. Transfer Course Morriston, Swansea Monday 9th June Please use the link below to express an interest in attending the Swansea Bay course. {https://forms.gle/djbmKZwDndtzfhsd8} Cwm Taf Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil Friday June 27th Please contact Tom Bird to secure a place. Thomas.bird2@wales.nhs.uk.

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Please note the dates on the ARCP page of this website for the submission deadlines for evidence for the upcoming ARCPs.

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The Pain Medicine Study day will take place at UHL Education Centre on Thursday 4th September. Further details and booking link to follow but please save the date!

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There are available places on the free Wales one day transfer course (Part B) which will be run in The Grange University Hospital on the below dates : April 10th 2025 June 9th 2025 September 19th 2025 December 2nd 2025 Please use the link below to express an interest in attending. Transfer Course You will be allocated a date to attend only if you have completed the Part A online course which is available via the ESR under "000 NHS Wales - Transfer Course". The material for both courses (Part A and B) is also available on the transfer pages of the Welsh School of Anaesthesia website.

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We are excited to have a new blog from Dr Anna Grundy, Foundation Year 1 Trainee on why she wants to be an anaesthetist and how to navigate the MSRA and application process. See the 'Recruitment' page for the full blog and further recruitment information.

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The RCoA CR&I Fellowship opportunities will be advertised soon and UHW is on the list of host sites. OOP applications timeframes will need to be adhered to, so if you are considering applying for these in future years, please contact your TPD with your intentions. Further details are available: Research and Improvement Fellowship Please contact Dr Danielle Huckle, HuckleDL@cf.ac.uk to discuss and for further information about the fellowships.

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