Consultant supervision of surgical trainees: an objective assessment of how much actually occurs.
Consultant-supervised operative experience must be at the core of any training programme. The level of consultant supervision of United Kingdom trainees is largely unknown. In this study, the unique Lothian Surgical Audit database was used to assess consultant supervised training.
Dikki
P E
PE
Lothian Surgical Audit, Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
Crofts
T J
TJ
Nixon
S J
SJ
Aitken
R J
RJ
D016208:Databases, Factual; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education