Surgical training in the UK

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Changes in UK ophthalmology surgical training: analysis of cumulative surgical experience 2009–2015

OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in the patterns of cumulative surgical experience for ophthalmologists in the UK following the introduction of a new national training scheme. DESIGN Retrospective review of all surgical training records submitted to the UK Royal College of Ophthalmologists by trainees for the award of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for the period 2009-2015. SET...

The European working time directive has a negative impact on surgical training in the UK.

BOTA and ASiT would like to respond to the recently published letter from Rusius et al. One-year on from the full implementation of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and we are yet to see any significant improvement in the training received by junior surgeons. The combined BOTA/ASiT survey of over 1600 trainees last autumn, after working hours were technically limited to an average 48 ...

Ophthalmic surgical training following modernising medical careers: regional variation in experience across the UK

OBJECTIVES To evaluate surgical experience among current doctors appointed into ophthalmology training posts since the introduction of the Modernising Medical Careers programme. Additionally, to identify regional variations in surgical experience and training programme delivery. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING The UK's four largest deaneries (Schools of Ophthalmology). PARTICIPAN...

Integrated surgical academic training in the UK: a cross-sectional survey

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore variations in the provision of integrated academic surgical training across the UK. DESIGN This is an online cross-sectional survey (consisting of 44 items with a range of free-text, binomial and 5-point Likert scale responses) developed by the Association of Surgeons in Training. SETTING A self-reported survey instrument was distributed to academic su...