title: In Response to: Torsney KM, Cocker DM, Slesser AAP (2015) The Modern Surgeon and Competency Assessment: Are the Workplace-Based Assessments Evidence-Based?
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, England, UK. awphillips@doctors.net.uk.
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, England, UK.
authors.forename: Lucy R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bookless
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*