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SCTS Governance Tool launched

SCTS, in partnership with the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) and the University of Manchester, has released the SCTS Governance Tool. This new online rescource enables cardiac surgery consultants to access... Read more

7 Feb 2014

SCTS publish iBook manual for patients

SCTS publish a manual for patients on what they can expect from their heart surgeon In a drive to put patients first in all their activities, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) is today publishing UK Heart Surgery: What Patients can... Read more

3 Sep 2013

SCTS University Films 2013

As part of an ongoing initiative within the SCTS, the SCTS University has launched a library of educational material. Sessions within this library cover the Educational Streams and the Lunch Box sessions from the SCTS University in 2012 and... Read more

18 Jun 2013

Checklist for Revalidation 2012

The College has also developed a two-page checklist as a tool that aims to facilitate surgeons’ revalidation by providing a succinct summary of all requirements for surgical revalidation. Read more

5 Aug 2012

Guidance for Revalidation 2012

In collaboration with the surgical specialty associations, the surgical Royal Colleges have published guidance on the supporting information that surgeons will need to provide for appraisal and revalidation. The guidance is mapped on the... Read more