Development of a core outcome set for informed consent for therapy: An international key stakeholder consensus study.

Background: 300 million operations and procedures are performed annually across the world, all of which require a patient's informed consent. No standardised measure of the consent process exists in current clinical practice. We aimed to define a core outcome set for informed consent for therapy.

Surgical trainee experience and opinion of robotic surgery in surgical training and vision for the future: a snapshot study of pan-specialty surgical trainees.

Background:  Robotic surgery is well established across multiple surgical specialities in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland (ROI). We aimed to elucidate current surgical trainee experience of and attitudes to robotic surgery in a surgical training programme across the UK and ROI to determine the future role of robotic surgery in international surgical training programmes. Methods: A pan-specialty trainee cross-sectional study was performed on behalf of the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) using mixed-methodology.

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.

Consensus recommendations on balancing educational opportunities and service provision in surgical training: Association of Surgeons in Training Delphi qualitative study.

Background: Ensuring the highest quality of surgical training remains a challenge as demands on health service provision rise. This study aimed to explore the differences and potential conflicts between service provision and dedicated training activity provided by surgical trainees, and recommend solutions.

Methods: Participants were drawn from the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) national council.