title: Basic surgical training. 3: A view from Ireland.
abstract: This report points to the inadequate knowledge of anatomy shown by recent medical graduates, now reflected in their poor performance in the oral examination in anatomy in Part A of the FRCSI examination. Although it seems likely that the new examination for the Associate Fellowship of RCSI will retain an oral examination in surgical anatomy, the lack of recognition of a demonstratorship in anatomy as part of the Basic Surgical Training program will deter good applicants for these posts, which will in turn further weaken undergraduate teaching of anatomy.
authors: Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Monkhouse
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland