Senior Medical Student announced as Wales Region heat winner of nationwide Surgical Skills Competition. Today, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (www.rcsed.ac.uk) together with sponsors Medtronic (www.medtronic.com), announce the second heat winner of nationwide Surgical Skills Competition celebrating future stars of the surgical field. Following a tension-fuelled contest hosted at Cardiff’s Medical Centre, RSCEd is delighted to announce Billy Down, a final year student from Swansea Medical School, as the competitions next heat winner following Joe Guppy’s win of…

  Tomorrow’s Surgical Stars Compete for Centre Stage in Fourth Year of Unique Surgical Skills Competition Today, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (www.rcsed.ac.uk) together with sponsors Medtronic (www.medtronic.com), a global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, launch the nationwide surgical skills competition aiming to inspire, discover talent, and provide a platform for the next generation of surgeons.  With only 8% of medical undergraduates qualifying as surgeons in one of the ten specialities, surgery is an incredibly competitive…