Key result
Reforms in UK postgraduate medical education, including reduced working hours and shorter training times, may lead to fewer operative opportunities for junior surgical trainees.
Population
Junior surgical trainees in the UK
Design
Other
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Reduced operative exposure may compromise trainee competency; leaves open whether targeted interventions can restore adequate surgical experience.
Recent educational reforms in the UK may have inadvertently reduced the operative exposure available to junior surgical trainees.
Toll et al. (2010) studied Surgical training. Postgraduate medical education reforms (Calman, MMC, EWTD) was evaluated on Operative opportunities for surgical trainees. Reforms in UK postgraduate medical education, including reduced working hours and shorter training times, may lead to fewer operative opportunities for junior surgical trainees.
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