JCST Trainee Survey Report
11 Jun 2025
Feedback from trainees shows that reduced training opportunities is an ongoing challenge for surgery. The seventh annual training survey report is now available on the JCST website here. This covers the training years 2022/23 and 2023/24. During this period, we also responded to concerns about surveys and their burden for trainees. For 2024/25 there will be a shorter survey, focused on the JCST SAC’s Quality Indicators - for monitoring the quality of training placements.
Our trainee and trainer surveys help inform our work. We look at surveys alongside quantitative data to highlight the state of surgical training. We plan a ‘training campaign’ to build on the message #notrainingtodaynosurgeonstomorrow. Adding a new message about our work with stakeholders, including the schools of surgery and trainee representatives. Improving training is #everyonesbusiness.
JCST trainees complete the survey at the end of each placement via ISCP. Further developments in ISCP to help trainees quickly access the survey are coming soon.