EP.TU.54Surgical curriculum concordance: requiem for the educational dream | Zendy

Oliver Luton | Zendy; Osian P James | Zendy; Katie Mellor | Zendy; Catherine Eley | Zendy; Richard Egan | Zendy; W. E. Lewis | Zendy

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EP.TU.54Surgical curriculum concordance: requiem for the educational dream

Author(s) -

Oliver Luton,

Osian P James,

Katie Mellor,

Catherine Eley,

Richard Egan,

W. E. Lewis

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znab311.010

Subject(s) - medicine , logbook , certification , medical education , curriculum , concordance , specialty , audit , interim , educational measurement , variation (astronomy) , family medicine , pedagogy , management , psychology , oceanography , archaeology , economics , history , geology , physics , astrophysics

Aim This study aimed to analyse the degree of relative variation in specialty-specific competencies required for Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) set by the UK Joint Committee for Surgical Training (JCST) 2021 curriculum. Methods Regulatory body guidance related to operative and non-operative surgical skill competencies required for CCT were analysed and compared. Results Wide inter-speciality variation was demonstrated in the minimum number of logbook cases (median 815; range 54-2100), indexed operations (8; 5-24), Procedure Based Assessments (35; 6-110). Academic competencies related to peer reviewed publications, communications to learned societies, and audits were aligned at zero, zero, and three across specialties respectively. Mandatory courses have been standardised with Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) being the sole pre-requisite CCT for all. Discussion JCST certification guidelines have broadly standardised competency domains, yet large discrepancies persist regarding operative indicative numbers, and assessments. This article serves as a definitive CCT guide regarding prevailing changes.

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