Events, news & blog
Keep up-to-date with the latest news about our training initiatives and events. Our blog is also a resource of articles and interviews designed to answer common questions or career dilemmas in more detail.
Events, news & blogBenefits to employing trusts include:
- All surgical trainees are recruited through reputable overseas partner institutions and interviewed and assessed by our ISTP Clinical Leads before being accepted onto the programme
- RCS facilitates the GMC registration and Tier 5 visa sponsorship for appointed candidates, including obtaining HEE approval for posts
- Overseas trainees contribute a wide range of clinical skills and teaching expertise to UK medical practice
- Trainees and trusts are supported throughout the period of placement
- Appointing an ISTP trainee assists workforce capacity and provide cost-saving alternatives to locums
The RCS is committed to providing a training experience that benefits the trainee, his or her home country and the UK institution in which he or she will be working.
UK Trusts participating in the ISTP can be assured that the RCS is committed to providing high quality middle grade (ST3+) registrars who will benefit from the training opportunity provided in the UK.
The ISTP serves as a mutual benefit for the overseas trainees and their employing trusts.
It also provides an excellent platform to foster and strengthen relationships between UK and overseas institutions.
Trainees will receive exposure to a range of clinical work suitable for their development and be given the opportunity to develop valuable transferable skills often not offered in their home countries, such as leadership, management, developing guidelines, conducting audit and research, and understanding clinical governance.
The employing trust benefits by receiving highly skilled, clinically competent and enthusiastic doctors who bring in new perspectives and alternative approaches into our healthcare system while at the same time increasing workforce capacity.
This programme offers a high-quality and sustainable solution to hospital staffing issues by assisting trusts to fill undersubscribed or surplus training posts, which in turn supports patient care and reduces the need for locums.
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IMPORTANT: Update on quarantine regulations for health and care workers
Update - 31 July 2020 Health and care workers must...
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COVID-19 Notice
Due to COVID-19, applications for the International Surgical Training Programme...
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NOTICE
Applications for ALL specialties are now closed. We will not be...
