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Outcomes

We do not market a pass rate. We show you the document — real candidates, real mark sheets, real margins.

The evidence

Real candidates. Real mark sheets. Real margins.

We do not market a pass rate. We show you the document.

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One candidate’s official JCIE FRCS Section 2 result after the course — every domain cleared, with room to spare.

Official JCIE FRCS Section 2 result: 757 against a 600 pass mark
Official result sheet, shared with the candidate’s permission.

Every domain, over the line

General Surgery Clinical203 / 156
Special Interest Clinical195 / 156
Special Interest Surgery — Clinical Oral81 / 72
BSc Principles & Academic Oral93 / 72
Emergency / Trauma / Critical Care Oral93 / 72
General Surgery Principles Oral92 / 72

This is the first entry in a growing evidence base. Documented candidate results and journeys are added as each cohort completes — proof that accumulates, cohort after cohort.

Institutional research

Every cohort since 2024. Sixty-six surgeons. One verdict.

Not testimonials — evidence. Every figure below is computed from real, anonymous post-course feedback collected since 2024.

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0%would recommend, every cohort
0/5mean overall rating
0%arrive by word of mouth
0%had tried other FRCS courses
The market re-valued the course

What candidates say they would pay

Share of each cohort (with post-course feedback) willing to pay £400 or more. In under two years, candidates’ own valuation of the course tripled — the most honest proof of value there is.

0%25%50%75%100%0%Aug 20240%Jan 20250%Aug 202550%Jan 202686%May 2026

By May 2026, 86% of candidates would pay £400+, and half would pay over £500 — for a course early candidates valued at £100–200.

Rated at the top, on every measure

Mean scores across 66 responses

Would recommend4.91
Met expectations4.83
Overall rating4.82
Knowledge gained4.80
Presentation4.80
Faculty4.79
Made a difference4.77
Venue4.69

Scale 1–5. Source: anonymous post-course feedback, 5 cohorts, 2024–2026.

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come by word of mouth

Almost four in five candidates find the course through a colleague, not an advert. The course grows on reputation alone.

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had tried other FRCS courses

Most candidates had attended a competing course. Having compared, they still rated this one 4.82/5 — and every one would recommend it.

Cohort by cohort

The verdict has never wavered

Every cohort, every year — a 100% would-recommend rate.

Aug 20248 responses
5.00overall100%recommend
“Very good course. No changes.”
Jan 20256 responses
4.83overall100%recommend
“Really enjoyed the academic masterclass.”
Aug 202516 responses
4.88overall100%recommend
“Brilliant course — very realistic, great to hone skills.”
Jan 202622 responses
4.64overall100%recommend
“Excellent simulation of the pressure and time constraints expected in the exam — and everyone was lovely.”
May 202614 responses
4.93overall100%recommend
“Fantastic course with the best faculty I’ve ever had at a course.”
You shaped this course

Feedback we acted on

The course is what it is because candidates told us what it needed to be. We read every response — and we change.

Candidates asked for a two-day format Adopted — the course now runs over two full days.
Candidates wanted more subspecialty depth Added — day-two subspecialty breakouts, including 1:1 HPB tutoring.
Candidates valued academic-station practice Expanded — two academic / critical-appraisal stations.
Candidates wanted priming before the days Introduced — an online pre-course lecture series.
Recognised nationally

The establishment took note

The course has been featured in the ALRSGBI Winter Newsletter 2026 — the fourth North of England FRCS General Surgery Viva Course, held at DePuy International in Leeds. The national association did not only name the course; it independently published our candidate feedback data.

Third-party recognition of this kind is not something a course can grant itself. It is the surgical community confirming what our candidates already tell us.

ALRSGBI Winter Newsletter 2026 feature on the course
Candidate feedback data, as published by the association
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