About this event

  • Date and time Wed 24 Sep 2025 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Coloproctology, The Dukes' Club

Colorectal surgery is evolving rapidly, driven by new technologies, techniques, and training structures. However, there is no national consensus on what the training priorities should be for the next decade.

This event is your unique opportunity to influence the future of colorectal surgical education in the UK by contributing directly to a national study aimed at defining these priorities. This meeting will develop a shared understanding of current and future training requirements in surgical education and empower participants to collaboratively define the key components of a modern, competency-based surgical curriculum.

By bringing together trainees, early-career consultants, educators, and curriculum developers, we will: 

  • Identify training gaps and ensure alignment with evolving clinical needs
  • Define national training standards and competencies for future colorectal surgeons
  • Provide a structured framework to guide both national and institutional curriculum development

With post-pandemic workforce challenges, evolving patient needs, and the rise of robotics and AI, now is the time to rethink colorectal surgical training. The decisions made today will shape the readiness and adaptability of surgeons in 2035 and beyond.

This event is part of a larger research initiative using surveys, focus groups, Delphi methodology, and national consensus-building to establish training strategies. Your insights will be critical in ensuring these strategies are relevant, equitable, and future-proof.

By attending this meeting, you will: 

  • Identify and evaluate current gaps and challenges in UK colorectal surgical training from both trainee and consultant perspectives.
  • Reflect on your own training experiences and propose evidence-based solutions to improve training pathways.
  • Develop skills in collaborative priority setting, contributing to surgical education research and policy development.

Join us to define the future of colorectal surgical education and ensure that training evolves to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 11 August 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£77.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £24.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Dukes' Club Trainee Student
£141.00 £84.00 £84.00 £46.00 £44.00

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome, setting objectives

Mr Ian Jenkins, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Ms Lillian Reza, Specialty Trainee Year 8, Watford General Hospital and Ms Ioanna Drami, Specialty Trainee Year 7, University College London Hospital

Setting the scene of the current colorectal training in the UK

Professor Jonathan N Lund

Tea and coffee break
Trainees perspectives on training

ASIT on training questionnaires, Dukes’ Club on training surveys

Setting priorities

Ms Lillian Reza, Specialty Trainee Year 8, Watford General Hospital, Ms Ioanna Drami, Specialty Trainee Year 7, University College London Hospital and Mr Jordan Fletcher, Specialty Trainee Year 5, Sheffield General Hospital (Whole group discussion)

Lunch break
Industry partners insights on how they can support training
Tea and coffee break
Consensus meeting - part one
Tea and coffee break
Consensus meeting - part two
Closing remarks

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on Wednesday 24 September 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we can only share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event; this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, or the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in the future on various Internet channels.