BAPRAS continues to sponsor e-LPRAS, the e-Learning project for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, which was established by Mrs Sarah Pape and is now led by Mr Richard Cole.
Working in partnership with BAPRAS and NHS Health Education England e-learning for Healthcare, the umbrella organisation for the project, eLPRAS provides e-learning to educate and train the health and social care workforce
The project is nearing completion, and there are currently over 200 volunteers working on developing content for the individual sessions but more volunteers would be very welcome. This is a curriculum-based project for plastic surgeons written by plastic surgeons and allied experts to aid training, continuing professional development and revalidation. All grades of trainees, staff grades and consultants are welcome to help with the project. If you would like to be involved, please contact the project team at secretariat@bapras.org.uk
e-LPRAS has a comprehensive curriculum, which is broken up into individual topic areas (called modules). The content, including video and animations, is hosted by the e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) platform. All NHS-employed plastic surgeons can register with e-LfH free of charge and use the sessions that are already available. Sessions are uploaded as they are completed, so if the topic you are interested in isn’t online, check back in the future (or volunteer to write it).
Check out the website at www.e-LfH.org.uk.
We have an excellent team of instructional designers, led by Stephen Gibbons, who has been involved with e-LPRAS since the start and has a broad experience of other e-LfH projects and e-learning in other contexts. The IDs ensure the highest possible quality and provide full support and guidance to authors throughout the writing process. Mr Richard Cole, together with the BAPRAS SIAG Leads, ensures that the content is appropriate, up to date, and referenced and linked to relevant and related learning resources.
Not an NHS employee?
You can still access e-LPRAS via eIntegrity.
New opportunity: Deputy Director of e-LPRAS 2026-2027
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team responsible for e-LPRAS which is the leading e-learning platform for plastic surgery. It has thousands of individual session launches, is available and suitable for use by all staff groups, and has links to JPRAS, PGVLE and other resources.
It seeks to provide user-friendly learning free of charge on a series of topics, each with multiple illustrations and self-test at the end prior to completion.
The successful candidate will build e-LPRAS’s profile and work under the Director’s guidance. They will ensure timely review of material for new sessions and updating of existing ones to maintain the high standard of session content and appropriate linked learning resources to support clinical practice.
Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrable broad subspecialty interests in relation to training and education across the whole specialty.
The Deputy Director must possess the following attributes:
- Consultant Plastic Surgeon or senior Resident/Trainee, of good standing
- Possess FRCS (Plast.) or equivalent
- A background in undergraduate and postgraduate education
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English language)
- Time management skills
- Current equality and diversity training
- An awareness of recent developments within the Specialty
- A network of contacts to support peer review processes, and the recruitment of submissions for further e-LPRAS sessions
- Collaborative skills to work closely with the Director, NHSE (formerly e-LfH/HEE), e-Integrity and BAPRAS secretariat
This role would suit an enthusiastic individual with a particular academic interest or clinical plastic surgeon who has a demonstrable and broad understanding of scientific and clinical literature relevant to the speciality. Demonstrable involvement in post-graduate education is desirable, along with engagement with relevant professional societies.
Please note that the Deputy Director must commit to delivering services for a number of hours each month, to become familiar with NHSE’s learning platforms and to attend relevant meetings and conferences. In light of this, the post is accompanied by a stipend from BAPRAS.
The Deputy Director is appointed on a consultancy basis and receives this monthly stipend, the size of which is decided by Council (currently equivalent to 0.5 PA, or equivalent of NHS time). They bear all responsibility for accommodating this work within other (especially clinical) commitments. They may ask the Association to reimburse their primary employer for online platform work as time in lieu of the stipend. They may apply for variations in reimbursement to Council via the Committee of Management.
The Deputy Director should give due notice of any decision to demit. They, although paid monthly, are expected to give six months’ notice, and where possible more. Should Council decide to dismiss the Deputy Editor, a minimum three month period of notice will be given, although they may require the Deputy to cease activity immediately if they believe that to be in the commercial or quality interests of the Association.
Further information may be obtained from Mr Richard Cole e-LPRAS Director, Mr Aidan Fitzgerald Education Committee Chair, or Anisa Begum (Anisa.Begum@bapras.org.uk) in the Secretariat (tel: 0207 269 5201).
If you are interested in applying for the position of Deputy Director, please return the application form and brief curriculum vitae to Anisa.Begum@bapras.org.uk before the closing date of 1 June 2026.
The post is available from 1st July 2026. Interviews will be held during June 2026.
Download the application form