Our most up to date Minor Surgery Course. Delivered to you as bitesize lectures, step by step tutorials, and close-up demonstrations.
We ship the training materials to you.
Learn, practise and get assessed (inc. DOPS) by our tutors in your own time, and at your own pace.
Also suitable for a CPD update.
This highly practical and NHS England accredited Minor Surgery Distance Course is for healthcare professionals who would like to develop or improve their surgical skills, whilst learning to provide a safe, effective and modern Minor Surgery Service.
Our synthetic skin pads, abscesses, cysts, lipomata & lesions will give you the hands on practice you need
Access to our suite of lectures, tutorials, demonstration videos and handbooks
Upload photos of your incisions, excisions and sutures for assessment and feedback by our tutor team
This Minor Surgery Course is CPD accredited. Completion of this course will gain you 7 CPD points
We now have over 10 years’ experience of Minor Surgery training in the UK and abroad for internationally recognised bodies, including the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of General Practitioners and many CCGs.
This course is endorsed by our partner and the largest Primary Care educational provider in the UK, NB Medical Education, who share our passion for equipping healthcare professionals with the latest skills, knowledge and techniques.
Get the Minor Surgery Distance Course and gain access to:
We ship you all the training materials you need:
We review your photos whilst you take our Minor Surgery Test:
Learn to offer a safe, effective and modern minor surgery service
Covering all the surgical procedures you’ll need to know:
– The Minor Surgery Contract
– Rules & Regulations
– Treatment Room and Facility Requirements
– Equipment, Needles and Sutures
– Support Staff
– Medico-Legal Issues, Consent, and Patient Administration
– Skin Anatomy
– Pigmented Lesion Recognition
– How to Not Miss Melanoma
– NICE Guidelines
-Anticipating Problems
– Reducing Complications
– Planning the Procedure
– Cleaning & Preparing the Skin
– Anaesthetic Administration
– The Ring Block and Field Block Anaesthetic Injection Techniques
– Where to Place Your Incisions
– Measuring & Marking the Surgical Ellipse
– Excision of Ellipse
– Lipoma Excision
– Epidermal Cyst Excision
– Abscess Incision & Drainage
– Snip Shave & Curettage
– Removal of Ingrown Toenail
– Cryosurgery & Electro-surgery
– Simple Interrupted Sutures
– Deep Dermal Sutures
– Vertical Mattress Sutures
– Horizontal Mattress Sutures
– Subcuticular Sutures
– Achieving Haemostasis
– Histology
– Wound care
– Suture removal
– Follow-up
– Managing Complications
– Audit
Our Minor Surgery Distance Course has been developed and refined by a multidisciplinary team, including expert GPs, Plastic Surgeons, , Dermatologists & Orthopaedic Surgeons
Throughout these updates we’ve kept this highly acclaimed course fun, friendly and informative.
This highly practical and NHS England Accredited Minor Surgery Course is for healthcare professionals who would like to develop or improve their surgical skills, whilst learning to provide a safe, effective and modern Minor Surgery Service.
If you are a novice or beginner, then we’ll teach you to perform Minor Surgery. If you have previous experience, then you’ll expand your knowledge and fine tune your skills with the support of surgical experts. If you’re already an expert, then we’ll try not to drag you down!
The Minor Surgery Course is designed with GPs, Nurse Practitioners & Paramedics in mind, but is also suitable for any healthcare professional looking to develop their surgical skillset.
The Minor Surgery Course is taught by experienced and practicing GPs, ensuring that a community focus and context is maintained throughout. They are supported by specialist surgeons and therapists, ensuring we always teach the most recent and evidence based practices.
Yes! At the end of each tutorial you will be prompted to upload a photo of your incisions, excisions and sutures.
This will then be reviewed by our tutor team, with any feedback sent to you via your online account.
Your DOPS Assessment will be recorded on your Certificate of Completion. This can then be submitted to NHS England / your commissioner as evidence of training and update.
Yes, we are able to offer bulk purchases to organisations.
Your organisation will be given an group manager login, from where you can administer the training accounts for all your members/employees.
Please contact us for bulk prices.
Over the years our Minor Surgery Course has been developed and refined by a multidisciplinary team, including expert GPs, Plastic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dermatologists, and Extended Scope Physiotherapists. Throughout these updates we’ve kept this highly acclaimed course fun, friendly and informative.
We have over ten years’ experience of running our Minor Surgery Course in the UK and abroad for internationally recognised bodies, including the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the Royal College of Nursing (RSM) and many CCGs.
It is is endorsed by our partner and the largest Primary Care educational provider in the UK, NB Medical Education, who share our passion for equipping healthcare professionals with the latest skills, knowledge and techniques.
Yes! This Course is accredited for 7 CPD Points.
Upon successful completion of the Minor Surgery Test, and following assessment of your work by our tutor team, a CPD Certificate of Completion will be generated, which can be viewed and downloaded from your online account.
Yes! This course is open to delegates from all nations. We regularly have international delegates on this course.
Training packs are sent internationally via Royal Mail Tracked, and usually arrive within 1-2 weeks of order.
Medical Skills Care is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 07592952