Farquharson Award open for key contributors to surgical teaching

Nominations are now requested for the 2023 Farquharson Award, which is offered on a biannual basis.

The award is made in memory of Eric Farquharson, surgeon and Fellow of the College, and a previous RCSEd Vice-President, who wrote Farquharson’s Textbook of Operative Surgery

In keeping with the original bequest, the award is offered to anyone who has made significant contributions to surgical teaching or surgical anatomy at either undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Although it was traditionally reserved for those who taught at the bedside, in theatre, in the dissecting room, or through lectures or textbooks, the award has broadened to incorporate new methods of teaching through simulators, wet laboratories, operative videos and distancelearning programmes.

Nominations are open not only to junior and senior surgeons, but also to those in allied professions who have contributed to surgical and anatomy teaching. Recipients do not have to be Fellows or Members of the RCSEd, nor do they have to be medically qualified.

The closing date for the 2021 Farquharson Award is Friday 26 May.

A proforma for the citation can be obtained from Irene MacDonald-Kennedy by emailing i.macdonald-kennedy@rcsed.ac.uk