title: Jack Smyth: a major contribution to surgery.
abstract: This personal comment records the contributions of the late Dr John Smyth and Royal Newcastle Hospital to surgical audit and surgical training. Smyth introduced surgical audit to this country against considerable professional opposition. The first publication on the subject appeared in The Medical Journal of Australia in 1959.
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Wright
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000266:history