GAIN Program

If you are a trainee, resident doctor or fellow working in neurosurgery in the UK or Ireland please sign up, if you haven't already!

📢🇬🇧🇮🇪🧠 4 amazing speakers to carry on our Cranial Trauma series: Including the president of @The_SBNS 🗓 Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th November ⏰️ 17:00 - 19:00 🌐🔗 on MS Teams (join via PGVLE).

If you are a trainee, resident doctor or fellow working in neurosurgery in the UK or Ireland please sign up, if you haven't already!

7th Feb 2026 - Lateral Skull Base Approaches Course! Registration: shorturl.at/Yyixm Simulation workshop on the operative techniques & nuances of lateral skull based approaches using high-fidelity models. Experienced dedicated teaching and simulation on retrosigmoid, middle fossa, and translabyrinthine approaches. This course is an excellent opportunity for neurosurgical and ENT trainees!

15th Nov: Queen Square Neurosurgery Practical Workshop: Drill Skills & Instrumentation 2025 - Sold Out! Register on the waiting list! forms.gle/oqVkSzMw4hd9Gv…

Join us for this year's Fundamentals for Early Neurosurgical Trainees Course (FENT) hosted by @QSNeurosurgery and @NUHNeuro. (It's free!) @QS_SimCentre @NUHCharity @uclh @UCLBrainScience Sign up here: tinyurl.com/fent2025

This week brings the final webinars of our Spinal series! We have 6 great talks over 2 nights, for all UK and Ireland resident doctors and trainees working in neurosurgery. If you haven't signed up yet please see the link in bio @e1v1m1

Our Spinal webinar series continues this week! Wednesday 27th sep: Traumatic spinal cord injury Thursday 28th sep: Established SCI and degenerative c-spine Amazing consultant speakers lined up @drtintin99 @MarkKotter 🧠🇬🇧🇮🇪

🟡You still have time to register for tomorrow' s webinar 🔗ispn.org/ispn-webinars/ ❗️Do not miss the chance to attend a very interesting debate, previously called "Clash of Titans" and this year named after Dr Sandip Chatterjee - a prominent neurosurgeon and ISPN member.

Alternatively can access via this link: forms.office.com/e/a4iHSDCYSC All neurosurgery trainees, fellows and locally employed doctors from the UK and Ireland are welcome! @The_SBNS @RCSI_Irl @e1v1m1

Welcome to all of the new UK ST1 trainees enjoying their 'Boot Camp' week! Sign up using the qr code to join the GAIN mailing list, have access to the PGVLE and to be a part of @NHSEngland National Online Training Programme.

3 new course adverts up on pgvle.co.uk Including operative paediatric neurosurgery course @addenbrookes, Liverpool neurosurgery masterclass:spines @WaltonCentre and Endoscopic skullbase course for neurosurgery and ENT trainees @MCRskullbase @NUHPMED

Last weeks spinal webinar recordings are now available on the pgvle, for those who couldn't make it live! Please make sure to complete the feedback if watching the recordings!

International experts will pass on their experience on lumbar degenerative conditions- tune in!! @GAINProgram @e1v1m1

5 amazing speakers from the UK and beyond! Orthopedic trainees/residents signed up to the NOTP also welcome! @The_SBNS @e1v1m1 @ASiTofficial @bota_uk @OrthoNOTEHub

GAIN returns next week with the start of our Spinal Webinar series. All neurosurgical trainees and resident doctors in the UK and Ireland are welcome to our curriculum focussed webinars, and further teaching resources. Sign up link in bio!

Our final neuro-oncology webinar goes live in 90 minutes! 2 great talks lined up, followed immediately by a meuro-onc @BrainSchool101 talk

Extra bonus webinar tomorrow!

And as an extra bonus session on Tuesday May 13th we will be hearing about acute tumour presentations and principles of radiotherapy.

Tonight (in 45 mins!!) We have tumour biology and oncological treatment principles

GAIN returns this week with our neuro-oncology webinars. We are kicking things off with 3 sessions focussed on core principles of neuro-oncology. For those resident doctors in the UK and Ireland yet to sign up for pgvle access, complete the form here forms.office.com/pages/response…