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ANNUAl CONfErENCEDOI: 10.1308/003588413X13643054410106
Association o Sugeons in
Taining annua coneence a epot
Ed fitzgead past president of the Association of Surgeons in Training and conference organiser
On the weeend o 57 Api,
ove 700 sugica tainees
om acoss the Uk gatheed
in Mancheste o the annua
Association o Sugeons in Taining
(ASiT) coneence.
In acked conference halls and eeting
roos, toics including siulation,
iroving eergency and urgent care
and roviding safe eergency cross-cover were discussed and deated.
There were also the usual oortunities
to question royal college residents
and other surgical leaders, lus 13
re-conference courses to irove
surgical skills.
With the ucoing ulication of
individual consultant outcoes fro nine
surgical audits and registries, there was
anxiety aong trainees that, as of June,
training oortunities in the oerating
theatre could deteriorate as consultants
ay e discouraged fro delegating
ore colex cases.
There was also a sense of widesread
uncertainty regarding the role and
function of Health Education England
(HEE) and Local Education and Training
boards (LETbs), and how this would
affect training delivery.
It was taken as read that the Euroean
Working Tie Regulations (EWTR)
have, and continue to, ioverish
surgical training.
WITH THE
UpCOmING
pUbLICATION
OF OUTCOmES,
THERE WAS
ANXIETY AmONG
TRAINEES THAT
TRAINING
OppORTUNITIES
IN THEATRE
COULD
DETERIORATE AS
CONSULTANTS
mAY bE
DISCOURAGED
FROm
DELEGATINGmORE COmpLEX
CASES.
Trainees resolutely acceted that coing
into the oerating theatre on their days
off was ar for the course.
Yet any stressed that this sense of
accetance should not curtail efforts to
reduce the iact of EWTR.
Trainees and consultants ust continue
to ush for an agreeent etween
the social partners, and exibilityvia the junior doctors and consultants
contract.
Trainees were encouraged to axiise
all availale training oortunities,
and any of the seakers rearked
on their ride and satisfaction at
eing asked to address such a large
grou of dedicated, atient-centred
individuals who are coitted
to their own rofessional develoent.
At the eeting Andrew beaish,
Secialty Registrar in General Surgery,
was elected president of ASiT for
20132014.
The winner of the 2013s Silver Scalel
Award for excellence in surgical training
was Clive Heworth, Consultant General
and Colorectal Surgeon at Queens
Hosital, Essex.
The next ASiT conference will
e held in belfast in march 2014.
For ore inforation, lease visit
www.asit.org or follow @A SiTofcial
on Twitter.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl) 2013; 95: 196
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