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Professionalism and non-technical skills in Radiology in the UK
OBJECTIVE: To drive quality and safe clinical practice, professional values and non-technical skills need to be explicit in all postgraduate medical curricula and appropriate assessment tools should be available for teachers to...
Does virtual reality simulation have a role in training trauma and orthopaedic surgeons?
AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess the current evidence relating to the benefits of virtual reality (VR) simulation in orthopaedic surgical training, and to identify areas of future research. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A...
Prevalence of Depression and Depressive Symptoms Among Resident Physicians
Douglas A Mata, Marco A Ramos, Narinder Bansal, Rida Khan, Constance Guille, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Srijan Sen
Nov 06, 2018
IMPORTANCE: Physicians in training are at high risk for depression. However, the estimated prevalence of this disorder varies substantially between studies. OBJECTIVE: To provide a summary estimate of depression or depressive...
Reshaping surgical specialist training in small animal surgery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the perceived effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small animal surgical specialist training, among trainees and supervisors and to propose changes, based upon the results, that could be incorporated into...
The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative
Aswin Chari, Aimun A Jamjoom, Ellie Edlmann, Aminul I Ahmed, Ian C Coulter, Ruichong Ma, Paul May, Paul M Brennan, Peter JA Hutchinson, Angelos G Kolias, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative
Nov 28, 2018
Since its inception in 2012, the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) has established itself as a robust example of a trainee-led research collaborative. This article summarises the work of the...
Neurosurgical procedures performed during residency in Europe-preliminary numbers and time trends.
Martin N Stienen, Jiri Bartek, Marcus A Czabanka, Christian F Freyschlag, Angelos Kolias, Sandro M Krieg, Wouter Moojen, Mirjam Renovanz, Nicolas Sampron, Sasan D Adib, Gerrit A Schubert, Andreas K Demetriades, Florian Ringel, Luca Regli, Karl Schaller, Torstein R Meling, EANS Young Neurosurgeons and EANS Training Committee
Mar 08, 2019
BACKGROUND: Differences in the postgraduate training programs of neurosurgical residents are suspected throughout Europe. The influence of working hour restrictions by the European Working Time Directive (WTD) 2003/88/EC on the...
Effect of medical school attended on the chances of successfully embarking on a clinical-academic career in the UK.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This study aimed to investigate whether, in the UK, medical school attended influences the propensity to apply to and be successful in obtaining an offer from the Academic Foundation Programme (AFP), thus...
The association between mentoring and training outcomes in junior doctors in medicine
John Ong, Carla Swift, Nicholas Magill, Sharon Ong, Anne Day, Yasseen Al-Naeeb, Arun Shankar
Mar 18, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To determine quantitatively if a positive association exists between the mentoring of junior doctors and better training outcomes in postgraduate medical training within the UK. DESIGN: Observational study....