Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC)

Student Emergency Abdominal Surgery course (sEASC) short-listed for Saolta Awards Ceremony 2019

Krakow in Poland was the location of the 27th Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course. The first was held in Letterkenny Donegal Ireland in May 2012.

Eoin Donnellan, Caroline McIntyre, Deirdre Foley and Afiq Anwar Samhari spent 8 weeks in the summer of 2018 carrying out meta-analyses on the use of intra-operative cholangiography,

The renowned student Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (sEASC) was held for the first time at Trinity College / St James’ Hospital Dublin on 23rd February 2019 and was proclaimed an overwhelming success by its numerous medical student participants.

The 10th medical Student EASC course, held in Cork on January 19th, was a huge hit with the 130 students who attended. They loved the format and content.

Since July 2016 when the Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC) was held locally in Lough Eske Castle Co Donegal, delivery has taken place in a number of countries worldwide including Sri Lanka, Brazil and Madeira.