Attitudes and risk of withdrawal in general surgical registrars.

Aims: To determine the risk of withdrawal from training of Australian and New Zealand general surgical registrars, and to investigate factors associated with increased risk.

Methods: An invitation to participate in an online survey was distributed to all Australian and New Zealand general surgical registrars by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Results: 142 of 550 (26%) participants completed the survey.