Traditionally, the UK and Ireland have followed the same postgraduate surgical training of
orthopaedic surgeons. Modernising medical careers (MMC) and European Working Time …

Surgery: Facts and Figures has been written by two surgeons with recent examination
experience, is designed to provide information-rich coverage of all aspects of basic surgical …

Background: To date, little has been published comparing the structure and requirements of
orthopedic training programs across multiple countries. The goal of this study was to …

Background An increasing clinical workload and growing financial, administrative and legal
burdens as well as changing demands regarding work-life balance have resulted in an …

In recent years, the myth that German physicians tend to leave their country hoping for a
better life abroad has become an irrevocable reality. The new terminology “physician brain …

In August 2022 the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and International Medical Corps
(IMC) began teaching Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) in Ukraine. ATLS was taught …

Trauma care represents a serious challenge to general surgery. Forces favoring
fragmentation of surgery will, if left unchecked, act to the deteriment of the injured patient …

The Reconstructive Trauma Surgery Fellowship is a based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, and focuses on the multidisciplinary management of major trauma from …

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has worked on developing a
training paradigm and a career practice model that serves the needs of patients and will be …

Aim After finishing medical school it is getting more and more difficult for medical students to
get one of the rare positions in a surgical training program. Only a good career plan and an …