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Looking back - my first year as JCST Chair

created 01 December 2016

2015 began with chairing my first JCST meeting. I knew what to expect, having been a member of the committee for 5 years. Chairing a 30 strong committee for over 5 hours was an interesting...

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Quality Assurance - A lot done, a lot more to do...

created 01 December 2016

Where I’m coming from… A few months ago, I took up the role of QA Lead for the JCST. Coming from the Irish system, I start with a different perspective from many UK colleagues. There is strength in...

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The Joint Committee on Surgical Training - why have a trainee there?

created 01 December 2016

The Joint Committee on Surgical Training is the intercollegiate meeting of representatives of training bodies of all surgical specialties. They develop the website which we all use for recording...

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The Specialty Advisory Commitees and Surgical Training: a Trainee's Perspective

created 01 December 2016

It is late on a Friday night and I am returning home on the train from an Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) council meeting in London. One of the items on tonight’s agenda was a debate...

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Selection into Surgical Training

created 01 December 2016

Many changes have taken place in surgical training since 2007; those in selection have perhaps been the most far reaching. Thought, hard work and organisation have resulted in structured, fair and...

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