Interesting article on the future of selection for surgical training by @J_Hardie, @BrennanSurgeon & co.
They don't make the point exactly but I think we need to move from differentiating candidates based on knowledge/ tick boxes of achievement, to testing aptitude & attitudes.
They don't make the point exactly but I think we need to move from differentiating candidates based on knowledge/ tick boxes of achievement, to testing aptitude & attitudes.
https://twitter.com/RCSnews/status/1409829230310047744
Clearly someone entering ST3 surgery can be expected to have a baseline of knowledge, skills, and experience. This should form the essential criteria. But I'm not sure it is useful to differentiate based on number of hernias done or posters presented so long as a minimum met.
1. How much people have achieved to date partly reflects the opportunities they have had in previous posts and this can depend on both luck and life circumstances.
2. Purpose of the training programme is... to train people. No advantage to recruiting someone very experienced.
2. Purpose of the training programme is... to train people. No advantage to recruiting someone very experienced.
On the other hand perhaps there are aptitudes and attitudes that are at least to some extent innate, or at least unlikely to appear if an individual has not already started developing them. @J_Hardie, @BrennanSurgeon & co identify some possible traits that might fit this brief.
It makes sense to select based on those aptitudes and attitudes since these will likely be the factors that ultimately limit development.
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