Education provision for surgical senior house officers.
The provision of formal education in surgical SHO training is a requirement for posts to be accredited by postgraduate deans. We carried out a questionnaire survey of surgical SHOs attending a Royal College of Surgeons of England study day to quantify the amount of time given to formal education and supervised operating. We found that 79% of SHOs at district general hospitals and 87.5% at teaching hospitals were provided with a formal education programme. Of these SHOs, 77% were able to attend the teaching on a regular basis. In an average week, 8% of SHOs received no supervised operating experience and 37% had no operations supervised by a consultant. These results suggest that many hospitals fall short of the accepted guidelines on basic surgical training. This issue must be addressed by the Royal Colleges.
Clark
C L
CL
Whittington Hospital.
Conaghan
P J
PJ
Carpenter
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D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards