title: Training in general surgery in The Netherlands.
abstract: Training in surgery has been for ages a matter of master-fellow relation between a qualified surgeon and a young physician who wishes to become a surgeon. Nowadays, however it has become a well-structured system of selection, education, training and registration, all under the responsibility of the Association of Surgeons of The Netherlands.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Surgery, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Reemst
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Goris
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D009426:Netherlands