created 01 December 2016
The on-going reforms to training and medicine in general reflect society’s changing expectations and demography. In terms of surgical training, it is no longer the case that the only thing that...
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created 01 December 2016
The Intercollegiate MRCS continues to evolve rapidly. It was Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) who said ‘Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more...
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created 01 December 2016
Procedure Based Assessments (PBAs) are a way of looking at a surgeon’s technical abilities. They can also be used to make an assessment of attitudes although this is not the main function. The...
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created 01 December 2016
How do we measure competence? Modern surgical training has become competence-based, yet the assessment of competence is an inexact science. The acquisition of any skill requires description,...
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created 01 December 2016
It is fair to say that most patients would wish to have a specialist undertaking their operation. I know that I would. The launch of the Shape of Training Report in October 2013 was heralded as an...
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