title: Association of Surgeons in Training conference: Belfast 2014.
abstract: The Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) is a professional body and registered charity working to promote excellence in surgical training for the benefit of junior doctors and patients alike. ASiT is independent of the National Health Service (NHS), Surgical Royal Colleges, and specialty associations and represents trainees in all ten surgical specialties. ASiT was delighted to welcome all four surgical Royal College Presidents and over 650 delegates to Belfast for ASiT 2014. With a theme of Marginal Gains, the conference programme explored collaboration, simulation training and human factors, complimented by debates including the Shape of Training Review (ShOT), several focussed parallel sessions and ten subsidised pre-conference training courses. Almost £4000 was awarded by the incoming President, Mr Vimal Gokani, to delegates across more than 30 prizes for delegates who presented the highest scoring academic work from over 1200 submitted abstracts.
authors.affiliation: Association of Surgeons in Training, 35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK. Electronic address: drbeamish@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Beamish
authors.affiliation: Association of Surgeons in Training, 35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gokani
authors.affiliation: Association of Surgeons in Training, 35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radford
authors.affiliation: Association of Surgeons in Training, 35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.affiliation: Association of Surgeons in Training, 35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK.
authors.forename: J E F
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Conference; Education; Surgery; Training