Registration
Secure your place on the next course. Places are limited to protect the 1:1 examiner ratio.
Register your place on our next course below. Places are limited to protect the examiner-to-candidate ratio and the quality of individual feedback, so early registration is recommended.
Everything in the two-day programme
A complete preparation package — and, in candidates’ own words, priced below what they told us they would pay.
Full Day-1 exam-replica viva circuit
Every candidate examined individually, one-to-one or two-to-one, across the entire General Surgery curriculum.
Day-2 subspecialty breakout
A half-day of in-depth viva and clinical case practice within your declared subspecialty interest.
Structured feedback after every station
Written and verbal, focused on exam performance — the single element candidates rate most highly.
Six-session online pre-course programme
Exam orientation, trauma, breast, academic/critical appraisal, colorectal and upper GI — before you arrive.
Calibrated, exam-grade faculty
Around 25 faculty per course, briefed and calibrated to a consistent standard before every sitting.
Branded candidate materials
Dedicated course notebook and pen, plus your personalised station feedback to take away.
Individual debrief & action plan
A prioritised view of your highest-yield revision targets and where your gap to the pass standard really lies.
A collegial, anxiety-reducing environment
Deliberately designed to reduce the anxiety that undermines viva performance elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Everything candidates ask before booking. If your question isn’t here, contact the organising team.
An intensive, face-to-face mock viva programme that replicates the conditions, format and pressure of the JCIE FRCS Section 2 General Surgery examination. It is not an online learning platform — it is two immersive days of exam-replica viva practice, with selected courses preceded by an online pre-course lecture series.
Senior surgical trainees preparing for FRCS Section 2 — predominantly ST7 and ST8 — together with non-training senior surgeons such as Specialty Doctors, post-CCT fellows and international consultants sitting the exam.
Very closely. A full station-based circuit, a 1:1 examiner-to-candidate ratio, strict time-keeping and exam-grade questions reproduce the experience of the exam day. Candidates consistently describe it as the closest approximation to the real examination available to them.
Day one is a full circuit of viva stations across the curriculum, each candidate examined individually. Day two delivers subspecialty breakout sessions and long-case practice, followed by a final integrated viva circuit and an individual debrief. Structured feedback follows every station throughout.
For selected courses, six structured online lectures run over the two weeks beforehand — exam orientation, trauma and emergency surgery, breast, academic / critical appraisal, colorectal and upper GI — bringing every candidate onto a common platform for how to structure viva answers before the face-to-face days.
Yes. The day-two breakouts are organised by declared subspecialty interest — upper GI / HPB, colorectal, breast and endocrine and more — so candidates from less common backgrounds receive genuine depth rather than generic coverage.
Around 25 faculty per course, combining established consultant and subspecialty surgeons with substantial examining experience and recently-successful FRCS candidates who sat the exam within the last 12–18 months. All faculty are briefed and calibrated to a consistent standard before every course.
The full day-one viva circuit, the day-two subspecialty breakout, structured feedback after every station, the online pre-course lecture series, branded candidate materials, an individual debrief and prioritised action plan, and catering across both days.
When asked what they would pay, candidates’ dominant responses were in the £400–£500 and above-£500 bands — above the course fee. Current fees are shown on the registration page for the active cohort.
Securely online by card through Stripe’s hosted checkout — no card details are stored on this website — or by requesting an invoice / offline payment, administered by our team. Your place is confirmed once payment is received.
Places are deliberately limited to protect the 1:1 examiner ratio and the quality of individual feedback. The number of remaining places is shown live on the registration page, and registration closes automatically once a course is full.
On dedicated training premises in the North of England, with subspecialty breakout space and individual viva rooms that allow the full exam circuit to be reproduced. Venue details are confirmed to registered candidates.