Welcome to the BOPSS Trainee Hub. Whether you’re exploring oculoplastics or advancing your subspecialty training, this section brings together courses, fellowship opportunities, educational resources and ways to connect with the BOPSS community.
Support with Fellowships
Find current Oculoplastics Fellowships and Advanced Subspecialty Training Opportunities (ASTOs) across the UK. Opportunities are submitted and maintained directly by BOPSS members. Some centres may also offer informal observerships, and trainees are encouraged to contact BOPSS members or individual centres directly for further information.
BOPSS Podcasts (Pending)
This new BOPSS initiative aims to provide accessible educational content on topics relevant to oculoplastics and training. Podcasts will be added here as they become available.
Useful links
Links that may be useful to trainees
The BOPSS Forum is primarily used for Case Discussions. All members are encouraged to make use of this forum for the exchange of opinions and ideas on the management of difficult clinical problems.
A collection of webinars has been carefully curated by BOPSS members over the past few years, bringing together a wealth of knowledge, clinical insight, and expert discussion.
Oculoplastic courses both in the UK and abroad.
Discover funding opportunities and prizes available to trainees, including the Collin Scholarship, Meeting Attendance Grants, Publication Awards, and BOPSS Annual Conference Presentation Prizes.
BOPSS members can access the Orbit journal online to keep up to date with the latest research and developments. Members must opt in to have access added to their account.
Keep up to date with BOPSS on Instagram for the latest news, educational content, upcoming events and opportunities relevant to trainees and the wider oculoplastics community.
Benefits of being a member
- Membership of a prestigious society
- Orbit Journal full on-line access
- Discounted registration for the annual scientific meeting
- Awards: Eligibility for annual Publication and Collin Scholarship awards
- Downloadable patient information leaflets and surgical complications lists for consent forms
- Access to Case discussion forum
The current BOPSS trainee representative is Balázs Fazekas
Contact details: Trainees@bopss.co.uk
Trainee Membership: How to Apply?
Trainee membership is available to ophthalmologists in training and Oculoplastic Fellows with a demonstrable commitment to oculoplastic surgery. Membership lasts for up to three years or until substantive appointment, whichever comes first. Following completion of trainee membership, a new application for full BOPSS membership is required.
Please submit your application from this page – https://www.bopss.co.uk/about/membership-application/
BOPSS Trainee leaflet
Feel free to print this leaflet and share with your colleagues.
