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Dental Students Brace Themselves for Competition
Dental students prepare to compete in fifth year of unique Dental Skills Competition
- Published: 1 October 2019
RCSEd’s rcsed.ac.uk Faculty of Dental Surgery, together with sponsors Dentsply Sirona, is delighted to announce the launch of its award-winning Dental Clinical Skills Competition which will run in dental schools across the UK and Ireland this autumn/winter 2019. The competition won the Innovation Award at the Scottish Dental Awards in 2019, which …
RCSEd Launches a New International Strategy to Support Surgeons and Dentists around the Globe
- Published: 25 September 2019
RCSEd today launched its international strategy to support surgeons and dentists worldwide, through education, training and examinations and to advocate for the highest standards of surgical and dental care, focusing on worldwide patient safety standards and practices. Based in Scotland, with a membership of 27,000 from over 100 countries, RCSEd h…
RCSEd Marks World’s First Patient Safety Day
- Published: 17 September 2019
RCSEd is continually improving patient safety and is calling on the UK to support a campaign that could help prevent the 2.6 million deaths that occur annually. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is today (17th) recognising the first ever World Patient Safety Day - a campaign created by the World Health Organisation to make healthc…
RCSEd Concerns on No Deal Brexit and Healthcare Qualifications
- Published: 9 September 2019
The College is extremely concerned about the potential effect a no deal Brexit could have on UK healthcare and patient safety. One area of concern is the mutual recognition of professional qualifications which currently allows EU doctors’ qualifications to be accepted across the EU. It has been confirmed that the Mutual Recognition of Professional …
Packed-Out Event Sees Budding Medics Given Priceless Insights
- Published: 31 August 2019
Aspiring doctors from every school in the Lothians are to receive inspiring insights from surgeons at the biggest ever Getting into Medical School event on 31 August 2019. The event, hosted by the College, will give over 125 students from state schools and private schools equal opportunity to learn more about enrolling on a degree in medicine. Ov…
