Bullying and undermining behaviours in surgery: A qualitative study of surgical trainee experiences in the United Kingdom (UK) & Republic of Ireland (ROI).

Background: Bullying and undermining (B/U) behaviours are documented in the international surgical workplace. This study is the largest assessment of prevalence of B/U behaviours within UK & ROI surgical training to date.

Materials And Methods: UK & ROI surgical trainees were electronically surveyed in July 2017.

Learning and professional acculturation through work: Examining the clinical learning environment through the sociocultural lens.

We examined studies of the clinical learning environment from the fields of sociology and organizational culture to (i) offer insight into how workplace culture has informed research on postgraduate trainee learning and professional development; (ii) highlight limitations of the literature; and (iii) suggest practical ways to apply sociocultural concepts to challenges in the learning environment. Concepts were explored by participants at a consensus conference in October 2018. We identified three enduring foci for research using a sociocultural lens: the hidden curriculum, exploration of medical errors, and the impact of time pressures on the relational nature of clinical education.

Changing Autonomy in Operative Experience Through UK General Surgery Training: A National Cohort Study.

Objectives: To determine the operative experience of UK general surgery trainees and assess the changing procedural supervision and acquisition of competency assessments through the course of training.

Background: Competency assessment is changing with concepts of trainee autonomy decisions (termed entrustment decisions) being introduced to surgical training.

Methods: Data from the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme and the eLogbook databases for all UK General Surgery trainees registered from August 1, 2007 who had completed training were used.

Time Out of General Surgery Specialty Training in the UK: A National Database Study.

Objective: General surgery specialty training in the United Kingdom takes 6 years and allows trainees to take time out of training. Studies from the United States have highlighted an increasing trend for taking time out of surgical training for research. This study aimed to evaluate trends in time out of training and the impact on the duration of UK general surgical specialty training.

Academic poster design at a national conference: a need for standardised guidance?

Background: Academic posters are a common means of disseminating information at conferences. Presentation at conferences is frequently given weight in postgraduate training programme recruitment. Some conferences provide guidance for visual presentation of posters.

Presentation skills amongst surgical trainees at a national conference: an observational study.

Objectives: The ability to deliver public presentations is important for doctors of all specialities. Despite this, there is little emphasis on training in presentation skills within medical curriculae. The aim of this paper was to establish the current standard of presentations being delivered by surgical trainees at a national conference and to confirm the need for further training.