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Graduate surgical training programs in The Netherlands are adapting to changes in demands in surgical practice, health care delivery systems, and manpower planning.
The paper provides an overview of the adaptations in graduate surgical training programs in The Netherlands in response to changing healthcare demands.
Dutch surgical training adaptations signal evolving practice needs; leaves open applicability to other nations' programs.
An overview is presented of the organization, outline, and contents of graduate surgical training programs in The Netherlands. Adaptations of these programs to changes in demands in surgical practice and health care delivery systems are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the relation of surgery and the surgical specialties, additional training, theoretic training, and manpower planning. The principal questions regarding the optimal way to respond to changing concepts in the field of surgery are presented and discussed in the context of the situation in The Netherlands, but they seem to be similar in the surgical communities of many countries.
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Zwierstra et al. (1994) conducted a review in Graduate surgical education. Graduate surgical training programs in The Netherlands are adapting to changes in demands in surgical practice, health care delivery systems, and manpower planning.
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