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We’re delighted to share the first edition of the NIFTSS Surgical Trainee Q&A series, featuring Mark Boyle, ST2 in Cardiothoracic Surgery. A huge thank you to Mark for taking the time to speak with us!

Submit your abstracts for the FTSS conference in Edinburgh this year 🙌🏼

Join us for our first webinar of this year - Dr Anna Murray and Dr Sarah Jeffery will be discussing top tips on acing the Core Surgical interview for NI! Link in bio, webinar details will be sent out before event 🙌🏼

🚨 It's time for our first event 🚨 We are delighted to be hosting a surgical skills event on Saturday 7th February in UHD from 10am - 2pm. Sign up through the link in our bio and be quick, this event is sure to fill up! More details to follow in the next few days 👀

🎉Introducing the NIFTSS Committee for 2025/26! 🎉 We are so excited to work with you and for you this year in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh ! Sign up to our newsletter via our linktree to keep up-to-date will all our news and events!! 📩 @RCSEd

🤖 Robotics and Laparoscopic Skills Course🤖 Join the surgical team in Belfast City Hospital for a day of getting to grips with the robot, and enhancing your laparoscopic Skills! Link to event forms.gle/ChLMxZaDfiCSW12x5 – at Darragh Cross, Northern Ireland

NIFTSS are proud to support the @ASiTofficial Plastic Surgery Skills Course being held in Belfast on 18/10/25. Registration now open: asit.org/events/2025/plastic… – at Portadown, Northern Ireland

Join us on Tuesday 30th September for top tips on applying to Core Surgical Training - whether you're applying this year or considering applying in the future! us06web.zoom.us/j/8101486693… – at Darragh Cross, Northern Ireland

Looking for alternative pathways to enter higher surgical training ? There’s a conference on the 21st of September discussing this. Sign up using the QR code in the poster !

APPLICATIONS FOR NIFTSS COMMITTEE 25/26 NOW OPEN! Wide range of roles available on next year's committee! For available roles with detailed descriptions and to fill out an application form, see link in our bio! ⏱️Deadline 21st September midnight

Our Introduction to Trauma Surgery Skills event was a huge success !! A huge thank you to all our demonstrators and all those who attended! – at Saintfield, Northern Ireland

Representatives from NIFTSS were delighted to attend the @rcsed FTSS Conference this weekend in Edinburgh. A great day of talks and networking! We can't wait until next year! – at Edinburgh, Scotland

Join us for an insightful session with Dr. Mike Kamdar (CT2), who will be sharing key strategies and tips to help you excel in the MRCS Part B. Monday 16th June at 7:30pm. All foundation doctors and core trainees welcome! #NIFTSS #FoundationDoctors #SurgicalTraining #MRCSPartB

We are delighted to announce that the Foundation Trainees Surgical Societies National Conference 2025 will take place on 19th July in Edinburgh 🎉🎉 Link to find out more and for abstract guidelines: services.rcsed.ac.uk/events-… – at Dundonald, Northern Ireland

Thinking about an F3 year? 🤔 
Join us on Tuesday April 29th 2025 at 19:30 for a talk by Dr Sarah Jeffrey on how taking time out after FY2 can boost your CV. Perfect for those planning their next steps! #NIFTSS #F3Year #FoundationTraining

🎉 Huge congratulations to Laura Saunders, a final year medical student at Queen’s University Belfast, for winning 1st place in the RCSEd Surgical Skills Competition 2025! 🏆 🩺 #NIFTSS #SurgicalSkills #RCSEd #QueensUniversityBelfast #WomenInSurgery #FutureSurgeon #SurgeryJourney

Committee dinner last night! Lots of plans made for the rest of the year! Stay tuned 📻 – at Belfast, Northern Ireland