Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

ISSN 1473-6357, Online ISSN: 1478-7075

The Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England is published monthly, with the exceptions of August and December. The primary aims of the Bulletin are to keep fellows, members and affiliates of the College informed of all College activities and to provide a forum for the debate of current issues of interest and/or contention within the profession.

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Publisher: The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Greetings from the new editor
pp. 290-290(1)
Author: Parker, Mike

Social media and medicine
pp. 292-292(1)
Author: Worrall, Matthew

Surgical Events
pp. 292-292(1)

The College at the party conferences
pp. 294-295(2)
Author: Black, John

National clinical audit: lessons from cardiac surgery
pp. 296-297(2)
Author: Bridgewater, Ben

No more nil by mouth?
pp. 298-299(2)
Author: Towell, Elaine

College pump-primes urological research
pp. 300-301(2)
Author: Cornick, Ed

Faculty conference for dentists with special interests
pp. 302-302(1)
Author: O'Sullivan, Julia

BOA at a time of uncertainty
pp. 303-303(1)
Author: Hackett, Jon

The Norman Capener Travelling Fellowship in complex spinal oncological surgery
pp. 304-305(2)
Author: Quraishi, Nasir A.

College research: raising awareness
pp. 307-307(1)
Author: Jary, Louise

Organising an overseas fellowship in Australia
pp. 308-311(4)
Authors: Arbuthnot, James E.; Arbuthnot, Carolina D.

Open access publication of scientific research: facts and myths
pp. 312-317(6)
Author: Kumar, M.

Educating surgeons in a 48-hour week: time to change mindset
pp. 318-320(3)
Authors: Jefferis, Tony; Snelling, James; Collins, John; de Cossart, Linda

GMC consults on important research guidance
pp. 321-321(1)
Author: O'Brien, Jane

Letters to the editor
pp. 322-323(2)

Treasures from the Library 60
pp. 324-324(1)
Author: King, Louise

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