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Minor Surgery for General Practice Course Overview

This comprehensive course is delivered in two parts:

1. Online personal study (7 hours) – self-paced modules to build core knowledge.
2. Practical workshop (7 hours) – face-to-face training including a directly observed minor surgery procedure (DOPS) to support certification.

Course Includes:

• Examination & Injection Techniques for:
  • Shoulder (ACJ, GHJ, rotator cuff tendinopathy)
  • Elbow (tennis/golfer’s elbow, diagnostic tests, eccentric exercises)
  • Hand & Wrist (trigger finger, De Quervain’s, carpal tunnel, OA base of thumb)
  • Knee (OA knee, lateral and anterior approaches)
• Mechanism of action of corticosteroids
• Pharmaceutical agents
• Patient selection & consent

Facilitator:

Dr Soon Lim is a GP & has delivered minor surgery, minor surgery update, and joint injection courses to GPs across the UK, including programmes run with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). He has been the director of minor surgery for multiple RCGP faculties including Beds & Herts, Thames Valley, East Anglia, Midland, Essex, Leicester, Vale of Trent and NE London. He has also run courses for RCGP S London and the Events Department of the central college. He was co-author of the RCGP standards for teaching minor surgery.

He has held several senior leadership positions within the Association of Surgeons in Primary Care (ASPC), including Academic Lead, Education Lead, Vice President, and President. In his current role as Education Lead for the ASPC, he provides oversight of educational events and continues to support clinicians through structured, skills-based training.

Soon has been a medicolegal expert, specialising in community-based surgery writing reports on instructions from counsel for both defence and claimant. He has worked in clinical minor surgery roles in general practice, community clinics and an acute hospital trust over the past 30+ years.

Course Structure:

Online module 7 hours (details shared on booking):

Equipment & Premises

• Infection, Bleeding and Scarring
• Lesion Recognition
• Local Anaesthesia
• Cryosurgery & Electrosurgery
• Consent & Notekeeping

Practical Session (7 hours):

Low number of delegates to assure hands on experience and close observation

• Local Anaesthesia
• Ingrowing Toenails
• Shave excision, sub dermal lesions and Curettage
• Electrosurgery
• Elliptical excision & closure
• Cysts and closure
• Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) assessment and certification
  • Note keeping and audit
  • Suture types: Deep dermal, Superfical interrupted, Vertical and horizontal Mattress, Continuous subcuticular

Waiting List for Minor Surgery Course: In case you missed a recent course, or our current course is full, you can joint our Minor Surgery for General Practice course reserve list by clicking here: Minor Operations in Primary Care – Waiting List The Deepings Practice

Important Notes

• Receipts issued on payment.
• Cancellation policies apply – see www.gpsimulation.co.uk/cancellation-policy/.
• Course fees may be reclaimable from study budgets (subject to approval).