Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery

MCh

Intermediate award(s): PG Dip, PG Cert
Full-Time

Course overview

This course aims to meet the personal, professional and educational requirements of surgeons continuing their professional development within the clinical field of laparoscopic surgery. It will enable you to develop your knowledge and extend and advance your clinical practice to achieve competency in the principles of minimally invasive and robotic surgery. This course will provide you with the breadth and depth of experience to fully engage with all aspects of minimally invasive and robotic surgery, as well as practical training with simulators.

During this course, you will undertake laparoscopic simulation training, based at the ICENI Centre and you will also have access to the Broomfield Robotic Centre based at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. The ICENI Centre is internationally recognised as a leading centre of excellence in the field of minimally invasive surgery. It combines the advanced multidisciplinary laparoscopic techniques practiced at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation trust with the highest quality research infrastructure established within Anglia Ruskin University.

Module guide

Core modules
  • Core Principles of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery

    This module is specifically designed to help develop clinical skills in minimally invasive and robotic surgery and encourage critical understanding of the evidence behind the principles of minimal invasive surgery. It offers evidence-based professional knowledge and skills that contribute effectively to minimal invasive surgery and the emerging field of robotic surgery. The module is based on the fundamental principles of minimally invasive and robotic surgery, including general anatomy, physiological impact of laparoscopy, indications and selection for surgery, understanding the technology and mechanics of instrumentation, core principles of laparoscopic surgery (pneumoperitoneum, complications) and planning of surgery. In addition, patient, staff and equipment safety, and managing clinical emergencies will be taught and assessed, to include analysis of innovative contemporary technology, including robotics. Specific emphasis will be placed on the care of patients during the preoperative phase, intraoperative optimisation and postoperative management, including management of complications of surgery and writing a business case for laparoscopic surgery.

  • Global Leadership

    This model consists of four elements: effective decision-making, adoption of a global approach, creation of a new business paradigm and a contemporary mission. It also considers the related concept of mis-leadership, which looks at how leaders have often failed to achieve the optimum outcomes for those they lead. Leaders predominantly create context and this module will explore the skills required to successfully mould and develop the context in a chaotic environment

  • Research Studies

    This module will provide you with a critical overview of the main methodologies and designs applied to research within health and social care, professional practice, regulation and policy. It will provide you with an opportunity to explore the theoretical dilemmas that underlie the process of inquiry and its relationship to practice. The module will provide a framework within which to select, evaluate and justify the research methods chosen for your research project.

  • Major Project

    The major project is of central importance to your Masters award. You will be expected to bring together aspects of learning from previous modules as well as using the learning as the basis for planning, conducting and writing a research or work-based project. You will be supported in your preparation and submission of a Masters-level major project (either a research project or work-based project). You will have access to eight hours of workshop support during this module. This will be delivered as four, two-hour workshops. In addition, there will be a full-day introductory workshop before the module commences. You will be allocated a minimum of six hours individual supervisory support, with additional supervisory support negotiated between you and your supervisor.

Assessment

Taught sessions usually consist of two days per week for full-time students and one day per week for part-time students. Teaching will be supported by a range of activities such as group collaborations, surgical demonstrations, skills stations, live theatre video link, workshops, tutorials, lectures and seminars. These will all be used to build on your existing knowledge along with a combination of clinical scenarios and real cases. You will be assessed using a wide range of strategies throughout the duration of this course, including objective structured clinical examinations, simulation practice training sessions and written assignments.

Special features

Anglia Ruskin University launched the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI) with an initial injection of £13.5 million, which has so far been augmented by some Trust and individual member injections. South Essex Partnership Trust has already contributed £650,000 to support joint appointments and research in mental health. Significant capital investment has provided the PMI Partnership with state-of-the art accommodation available to all the partners.

Facilities

The PMI has its own £10 million building on our Chelmsford campus. This houses a 400 and a 200-seat lecture theatre linked with partner hospital sites and capable of international linkage. It provides wet and dry laboratory facilities, seminar, research and meeting space, facilities for medical engineering research and testing, an enhanced facility for the Helen Rollason Cancer Trust and a home for the PMI Office.

In conjunction with Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, we have funded a £2 million building for minimally-invasive surgery research and a training centre as a focal point for all PMI partners and to further develop its international programmes. It already has ties with the European centre in Strasbourg and Professor Jacques Marescaux is a visiting Professor of Anglia Ruskin University.

To learn more about staff involved with this course, please visit our Surgeons' profile.

Accommodation

To learn more about the accommodation available on campus please visit our accommodation pages.

Links with industry and professional recognition

The MCh Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery (MIRS) aims to meet the personal, professional and educational requirements of Surgeons continuing their professional development within the clinical field of Laparoscopic Surgery.

This course is designed by clinical experts to prepare you to advance your career development and opportunities in this area of surgical specialism. On successful completion of this course you will be ideally suited to pursue a higher surgical training post or postgraduate study at MD or PhD level.

This innovative course incorporates many technological advances that are required to develop new skills by utilising our enhanced, custom-built facilities within our Postgraduate Medical Institute, ICENI Centre Colchester and the Robotics Centre in Broomfield Hospital. The cross-sight centres combine state-of-the-art virtual reality simulated operating environment to support innovative research and training facilities, and utilise highly motivated interprofessional and multidisciplinary team which are drawn from practising consultants, clinicians and other allied health experts.

The course aims to develop breadth and depth to your knowledge, extend and advance your clinical practice to achieve competence, fully engage with all aspects that underpin the principles of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgical techniques, and introduces you to both basic and then advanced scientific and clinical concepts.

Associated careers

The MCh Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery (MIRS) aims to meet the personal, professional and educational requirements of surgeons continuing their professional development within the clinical field of laparoscopic surgery.

This course is designed by clinical experts to prepare you to advance your career development and opportunities in this area of surgical specialism. On successful completion of this course you will be ideally placed to pursue a higher surgical training post or postgraduate study at MD or PhD level.

This innovative course incorporates many technological advances that are required to develop new skills by utilising our enhanced, custom-built facilities within our Postgraduate Medical Institute, ICENI Centre Colchester and the Robotics Centre in Broomfield Hospital. The cross-sight centres combine state-of-the-art virtual reality simulated operating environment to support innovative research and training facilities and utilise highly motivated interprofessional and multidisciplinary team who are drawn from practising consultants, clinicians and other allied health experts.

It aims to develop breadth and depth to your knowledge, extend and advance your clinical practice to achieve competence, fully engage with all aspects that underpin the principles of minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques, and introduces you to both basic and then advanced scientific and clinical concepts.

You can apply individually to the UK's General Medical Council (GMC) for registration. Students who successfully register with the GMC are then able to seek employment within a medical or surgical setting. Further information about the GMC can be found at: www.gmc-uk.org
Candidates must have a recognised primary medical degree that has been approved by the General Medical Council which has been awarded by an institution listed on the Avicenna Directory for Medicine. To be included on the Avicenna directory an institution must have a physical address in the country awarding the qualification.

All candidates will be required to demonstrate the university standard of English language (IELTS) at Level 7 (including written English) prior to commencement on a course.

Candidates may gain entry to this course by clearly demonstrating on their application that their qualifications and experience are equivalent to a recognised medical degree. In addition, candidates will be required to undertake a telephone interview.

Candidates seeking admission with credit (either APCL or APEL) will be referred initially to our AP(E)L advisor in our Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education.
Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

We welcome applications from International and EU students. Please select one of the links below for English language and country-specific entry requirement information.

How to apply

Locations

Duration

1 year

Teaching times*

Core modules:
Tues between
9.00am-5.00pm

Teaching days on the option module will depend upon your module choice with teaching between 9.00am-5.00pm for one
day per week.

Available starts

September

Student finance

Open Day

Saturday 13 July
Postgraduate Open Day

Faculty

Health, Social Care & Education

Department

Allied Health and Medicine

Contact us

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*Teaching days and times are for guidance only and are subject to change each academic year. We advise all applicants to wait until they are in receipt of their timetable before making arrangements around their course times.

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