St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
General information
Supervisors
Miss Carolynne Viazey, Prof Sue Clark
Main interests of centre
Proctology, Intestinal failure, Polyposis syndromes
Hosting duration
2-4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months
Non-EU applicants
Can host a non-EU observer but not a fellow.
Experience offered
Operative privilege
- Observing: up to 300 procedures
- Assisting: up to 100 procedures
- Performing surgery: not offered
Outpatient clinic
- Clinical assessment and management under supervision
- Formalised work based assessment of performance
Elective operating
- Fellow can scrub for procedure to assist only
- Formalised work based assessment of performance
Emergency operating
- Formalised work based assessment of performance
Note: St Mark's is generally elective surgery
Endoscopy skills
- Unlikely to be able to offer endoscopy training
Emergency admission service
- Fellow can only observe
Research and audit
- Fellow can participate in research/audit project
- Fellow can present results at local/national/international meetings
- Fellow can participate in ongoing ESCP audit/cohort studies
Teaching and Training
- There is a huge teaching program for postgraduates that the fellow can be part of
Note: St Mark's hosts the National Intestinal Failure Centre
Leadership and Management
- Non-formalised training/observing leadership and management practices
Additional information
http://www.stmarkshospital.nhs.uk
Reports from previous fellows
Zhanlong Shen
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, China
Year of fellowship: 2016
Emre Sivrikoz
Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Year of fellowship: 2016