Royal College of Surgeons Educational Bursary Report 2017

Monday 26 March 2018


The Worshipful Company of Needlemakers have generously offered an educational bursary scheme through the Royal College of Surgeons since 2008, supporting trainees in the early stages of their surgical career.

The Needlemakers’ bursaries are extremely valuable and proving to be very popular with surgical trainees, at a time when the cost of training is high, training budgets limited and access to quality surgical education is ever more important.

This year we had 31 applications, answering the short essay question “How do you see simulation contributing to surgical and clinical skills acquisition in the future?”.

Previous achievements and reasons for application were also taken into consideration when shortlisting. After much judgment and some very close scores, we had five successful bursary winners.

We heard from these individuals at the Needlemakers lunch, attended by representatives from both institutions. It is clear they are incredibly grateful for the support that has enabled them to further their surgical education and enhance their career, teaching them new skills or helping them to educate their junior colleagues.

Surgical training is a continuous learning experience and whilst there is much to do to continue to support trainees who choose surgery as a career, these bursaries offer talented individuals the opportunity to attend education courses they may not be able to otherwise.

We at the Royal College of Surgeons extend our gratitude for the continued and longstanding support of the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers.

Needlemakers Bursary Winners 2017

Needlemakers Bursary Winners 2017

Mr Bhavesh Patel

  • Trainee grade: CT2
  • Course funded: Training the Trainers: Developing Teaching Skills
  • Date of course: February 2018

Mr Daniel Scholfield

  • Trainee grade: CT1
  • Course funded: Training the Trainers: Developing Teaching Skills
  • Date of course: February 2018

Mr Abhiney Jain

  • Trainee grade: CT1
  • Course funded: Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP)
  • Date of course: TBC

Miss Maral Rouhani

  • Trainee grade: CT1
  • Course funded: Training the Trainers: Developing Teaching Skills
  • Date of course: February 2018