About Us

About Us

About Us The Confederation of Postgraduate Schools of Surgery  (CoPSS), was formed around 2009 as a meeting point for the specialty schools for surgery, created in turn as part of the Modernising Medical Careers reforms. There are 14 schools of surgery in the UK...

About the Schools of Surgery

About the Schools of Surgery The schools of surgery are speciality schools for surgical training and are made up of all the core and specialty trainees on programmes within one region, together with their training programme directors and the administrative team which...

How CoPSS Work with Schools of Surgery

CoPSS and Schools of Surgery The leadership of the 14 Schools of Surgery and the Scottish Surgical Training Board includes a head of school, and in Scotland a chair, who report to a postgraduate dean.  CoPSS provides a forum for their mutual support, and for the...

How CoPSS Works

How CoPPS Works CoPSS works with its partners in surgical education and training to facilitate the development of excellent surgical practitioners by: Consolidating a UK wide footprint as the single point of representation of those engaged with the business of the...

Disclaimer

Disclaimer CoPSS is a group of individuals with considerable collective experience of, and expertise in, the regional coordination and support of the delivery of surgical training in the UK.  From this base, it is able to offer advice and guidance to organisations...