title: Ensuring the continuing competence of surgeons: a bridge too far, a sacred cow or burying your head in the sand.
authors.affiliation: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009520:New Zealand; D061214:Patient Safety; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000592:standards*