Ian Thomas

A pleasure to deliver pilot of our expanding Bootcamp portfolio: SAS Bootcamp. Welcoming SAS surgeons from diverse backgrounds to I’ness. Sessions on Human Factors, Crisis Management, WR skills & peer-peer surgical skills/how to be an effective trainer. @NHS_Education @high_CSC

And a big shout out to the ever brilliant @high_CSC for helping to film some of the course videos used to generate thought-provoking discussion.

Another brilliant article by the most thoughtful and curious orthopaedic surgeon I've met. Not sure he can write a bad one. Some very touching personal narratives from Hiro Tanaka

@ROForsythe @FionaKerray @VSGBI @NOTSS_lab @SurgicalSaber @VascEd @EdinSurg Congratulations @FionaKerray! Brilliant achievement.

And she wins! 🥇 Huge congratulations to @FionaKerray for winning the BJS prize at @VSGBI ASM. Very well deserved 👏👏👏

@RichardLZ_Mak @RCSEd @profp_edinsurg @Watsoninverness Congratulations Richard!

Officially reverted to Mr Mak (for now). Amazing celebrations at @RCSEd. Been a long journey, but can't wait to see what's next!

@Watsoninverness @shauntreweek @C_Roxburgh @hsru_aberdeen @NHSHighland @RCSEd @aberdeenuni @abdnGradSchool @abdncolorectal @sr_knight1 @ewenharrison @MarionKCampbell Fantastic achievement. Huge congrats!

Congratulations to Campbell Macleod on his PhD! 10 papers! Advancing our understanding of capsule endoscopy Excellent supervision by Sam Donnelly @shauntreweek & Phil Wilson Thanks to Profs @C_Roxburgh & Peter Murchie for examining It’s been a great week for surgical science

Looking forward to welcoming the trainees and faculty to Inverness for 4 days of technical and non-technical skills training. Always great fun. See you there!

A busy few weeks, with the 1st #ScottishSurgicalBootcamp of 2023. Updated sessions on Non-technicals skills and phone calls, with the usual mix of wet labs and sim ward rounds. Great bunch of trainees and as always big shout out to the amazing @high_CSC

Enjoyable day teaching on @RCSEd #CoSMoS course - Comm Skills that Matter for Surgeons. Great lessons on Shared Decision Making & the complexities of communicating risk. Proud of my friend & colleague @Rungichungi who developed and implemented. Edinburgh looking 👍 in the Sept 🌞

I first met Peter on a very cold street one evening, as junior doctors rallied before taking strike action (in 2015! Many moons ago!). He’s an absolutely lovely person. If anyone isn’t following him yet, please do 💙🌟

@lexlesaint @RCSEd Fantastic. Many congrats Lex from us all in Inverness!

Mr LSG. Thanks @RCSEd for the membership.

@jasmine_brown96 @Watsoninverness Welcome to the team Jasmine!

@Watsoninverness Yes I’ve moved right by it, great for running routes! Looking forward to starting with yourselves on Tuesday after my exam!

Managed to get some sunshine in Inverness today, new home means exploring on runs

@high_CSC Great work @high_CSC and @Claire94901566

Today we are at Millburn Academy for ‘Inspiring Young Minds’ 🤩

@high_CSC @dorabora78 Great initiative @dorabora78!

Huge congratulations to @dorabora78 who has been running excellent paediatric simulation training with Scram bags for our rural Highland hospitals pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/h…

Surgical Needle Basics.

Special thanks to @NOTSS_lab and @spbsurgery for their support and the fabulous @Rungichungi for doing a great job of course directing.

Great to deliver @RCSEd Non-technical skills for surgeons (NOTSS) Masterclass locally for delegates in Inverness with @Rungichungi, Aidah Isa & Malcom Nicol. Engaging discussions on improving SA, DM, CS, TW & Leadership to improve patient safety. Looking forward to the next one!

@RCSEdFRRHH @RCSEd @andrewwkent @UKMed Congratulations Andy. Well deserved. Everyone at NHS Highland very proud!

Congratulations to @andrewwkent from @UKMed for scooping the Global Citizenship gong at the Scottish Health Awards. Our Deputy Chair was recognised for his incredible humanitarian work around the world. Congrats to all involved in the inspirational ceremony #ScotHealthAwards

St Marks retractor great for deep, difficult to see places like the pelvis. Version with a light source even better. 👍👍 My most pressing question is should there be an apostrophe…🧐🧐

Third and final #ScottishSurgicalBootcamp 2022 ✅ A pleasure to work with all of our talented and enthusiastic #coresurgicaltrainees and as always a huge thank you to our outstanding faculty and @high_CSC See you in 2023!