Mirizzi syndrome in a patient with carcinoma of the gallbladder

✍ Scribed by S. de Bakshi; S. Das; A. Sengupta

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 269 KB
• Volume: 79
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800790430

✦ Synopsis

Sir

At the Annual General Meeting of Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 14 November 1991 the motion 'This House believes that the time has come to introduce a residency training programme' was carried unanimously. During the preceding debate it was apparent that there is general dissatisfaction with the current state of surgical training in the UK.

The Association of Surgeons in Training hopes that the Royal College of Surgeons of England acts on the wishes of their Fellows with vigour similar to that applied by the College to the introduction of the new examination structure, despite opposition from the Fellows on that issue when it was debated at the 1988 AGM'. At that time the Association of Surgeons in Training stated that these changes should be linked to changes in career structure'. This has not happened. Indeed, many general surgeons in their late 30s are now compelled to take the new intercollegiate examination irrespective of length of previous training or success at the 'old' FRCS. All surgeons appointed to numbered higher surgical training (i.e. senior registrar) posts on or after 1 January 1991 are required to pass the intercollegiate examination before accreditation will be granted.

The Association of Surgeons in Training sees the following as minimum requirements for the introduction of residency training programmes: