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EPISODE · Oct 31, 2014 · 12 MIN

It’s time to change surgical training in the UK

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

In a GMC survey last year, the UK’s surgical trainees came bottom of the list when it came to satisfaction about their training. Today, Craig McIlhenny, Director of the faculty of surgical training at the Royal college of surgeons of Edinburgh has released a report with a series of recommendations to improve standards of training, and he hopes, help it come inline with the European Working Time Directive Read his full report http://goo.gl/kH55lW

In a GMC survey last year, the UK’s surgical trainees came bottom of the list when it came to satisfaction about their training. Today, Craig McIlhenny, Director of the faculty of surgical training at the Royal college of surgeons of Edinburgh has released a report with a series of recommendations to improve standards of training, and he hopes, help it come inline with the European Working Time Directive Read his full report http://goo.gl/kH55lW

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