Open AccessThe JCST trainee survey: highlights of the first year's results
Author(s) -
Ian Eardley,
Gillian Haddock,
Michael Gough,
Mike Bradburn,
Henry M. Lewis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363513x13588739440212
Subject(s) - medicine , quality assurance , curriculum , medical education , quality (philosophy) , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , external quality assessment , epistemology , pathology
In July 2010, the Joint Commitee on Surgical Training (JCST) launched a review of its quality assurance functions, which included the development of a new survey specific to surgical trainees. The survey was developed in conjunction with the Confederation of Postgraduate Schools of Surgery and aimed to provide detailed information on the quality of surgical training in the UK and to standardise the information from the different schools of surgery, thereby allowing some comparison between training schemes and units. A 20-question survey was developed for all surgical specialties, while a more detailed survey with questions relating to curriculum delivery was piloted in core surgical training and paediatric surgery.