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Is gynaecological surgical training a cause for concern? A questionnaire survey of trainees and trainers by Esther L Moss; Foteini E Bredaki; Peter W Jones; James Hollingworth; David M Luesley; Kiong K Chan is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Astract ## Background Concerns have been raised as to whether the current postgraduate training programme for gynaecological surgery is being detrimentally affected by changes in working practices, in particular the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the surgical activity of obstetrics and gynaecology trainees and to explore trainees' and trainers' opinions on the current barriers and potential solutions to surgical training. ## Methods Two questionnaire surveys were conducted, one to obstetrics and gynaecology trainees working within the West Midlands Deanery and a second to consultant gynaecologists in the West Midlands region. ## Results One hundred and four trainees (64.3%) and 66 consultant gynaecologists (55.0%) responded. Sixty-six trainees (66.7%) reported attending up to one operating list per week. However, 28.1% reported attending up to one list every two weeks or less and 5 trainees stated that they had not attended a list at all over the preceding 8 weeks. Trainees working in a unit with less than 3999 deliveries attended significantly more theatre sessions compared to trainees in units with over 4000 deliveries (p =
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- Author
- Esther L Moss; Foteini E Bredaki; Peter W Jones; James Hollingworth; David M Luesley; Kiong K Chan
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1472-6920)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)