Here you can find important dates, courses and conferences, useful learning resources, news about and links to professional organisations and societies.
RCPath New Trainee Welcome Day:
The New Trainee Welcome Day will be held virtually this year on the – 26th September 2025 Friday
The final programme with joining instructions will be published in due course.
National training for ST1s commencing August 2025
- Bristol Teaching Week: 8th – 12th Sept 2025 University of Bristol. Will be delivered virtually & Invites will be sent to Trainees by Bristol School.
Provisional Program details –Bristol Block Teaching Program 2025
- An Introduction to Academic Pathology – ST1 Academic Day is now incorporated into the Autumn NATN meeting. Details TBC.
Regional training for ST1s commencing August 2025 – Block teaching weeks
Please see the dates below. For further information about the regional block teaching weeks please speak to your Training School Lead or Educational Supervisor
Northern Cluster _Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester , _ Both Teaching weeks shall be Virtual
- 2nd block teaching week Systematic (1): Manchester – w/c 24th November 2025 – Virtual Programme
- 3rd block teaching week Systematic (2): Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Southern Cluster _Bucks/Oxford, Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Southampton and Cardiff:
- 2nd block teaching week Systematic (1): Portsmouth TBC
- 3rd block teaching week Systematic (2): Oxford – 09-13th Feb 2026 – Virtual
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Central Cluster _ Coventry, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Nottingham, :
- 2nd block teaching week Systematic (1): Virtual – 1st Oct 25, 16th Oct 25, 6th Nov 25, 11th Nov 25, 8th Dec 25, – Programme
- 3rd block teaching week Systematic (2): With East of England School – Face-to-Face in Cambridge – 5th-9th January 2026.
Virtually – links will be sent directly to the trainees by the organising school – Bristol, West Mid etc.
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East of England _ Cambridge, West Suffolk, Basildon, Watford, Southend, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Peterborough
- 2nd Block Teaching Week Systematic (1) – With Central group of schools – Virtual – 1st Oct 25, 16th Oct 25, 6th Nov 25, 11th Nov 25, 8th Dec 25, – Programme
- 3rd Block teaching Week Systematic (2) – With Central group of schools – Face-to-Face in Cambridge – 5th-9th January 2026.
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London and KSS Cluster: – Multiple study days throughout the year covering various specialties.
Courses and Conferences:
Here you can find important dates – courses and conferences, useful learning resources, news about and links to professional organisations and societies.
- Molecular Pathology Module – RCPath curriculum requirement for all ST1s. Free online ‘Introduction to Genomics’ module (complete at own pace – approx 1.5 hours)
- Nottingham FRCPath course- details van be viewed via – Nottingham FRCPath
The 2 Week Histopathology and cytology course aims to prepare Histopathologists for the Histopathology FRCPath Part 2 Examination.
Nottingham offer a faculty of speakers who have been chosen for their expertise within their disciplines, both in their clinical acumen and teaching skills.
An intensive full programme of teaching, underpinned by access to digital cases. Delegates will have 24 hour access to digital slides using our PathXL platform during the course and in the run up to the FRCPath exam.
The course offers mock surgical and cytology exams with real time feedback from our faculty.
- Molecular Pathology | BDIAP
- 2023 Joint Winter Meeting with the RSM | The Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland (pathsoc.org)
- Meetings & Congresses (iapcentral.org)
- Newsroom – The European Society of Pathology (esp-pathology.org)
Learning Resources
RCPath Datasets – Essential evidence based guides to specimen dissection, sampling and reporting
Web Pathology – Thousands of microscopic images with explanations
Leeds Virtual Pathology ST1 Page – Cases from the curriculum and a database of over 7000 pre-diagnosed images
University of Michigan Virtual Slide Box – 8000+ digital slides across all specialities
Pathology Outlines – The go-to site for quick summaries of all things pathological
Libre Pathology – A collaborative wiki for pathology featuring clear concise explanations
Stanford Surgical Pathology – Bullet pointed pathology notes
The Rosai Collection – A comprehensive collection of slides seminars and interesting cases
Utah Webpath – Micro and macro images of common pathology organised by system
Professional Organisations and Societies
The Royal College of Pathologists
The Pathological Society
The Association of Clinical Pathologists
British Division of the International Association of Pathologists
European Society of Pathology
AoME _ DMEG _ Medical Educators Org
For national training day enquiries, please email Harsha Pancholi at harsha.pancholi@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Histopathology Training 