Career in Surgery: Overview & Pathway
This content delves into the world of surgery, covering aspects such as what surgery entails, the skills needed, surgical specialties, a typical week for a surgeon, advantages and disadvantages of a surgical career, and the career pathway including core surgical training and higher surgical training.
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A Career in Surgery @NHS_HealthEdEng
Contents Surgery Overview Advantages / Disadvantages Career Pathway Recruitment Competition ratios Commitment to Specialty Further Information (Please click on topic for direct link) @NHS_HealthEdEng
What is Surgery? Physicians who operate Conditions with treatments Interventions Operator dependent outcomes @NHS_HealthEdEng
Surgeons 8 or more years training post FY s Ten specialties Sub specialisation now the norm Wide range of skills Practical skills essential Teaching and management skills Often work under pressure @NHS_HealthEdEng
Not Just Operations! Busy clinics Teaching (post/undergraduate) Research Service development Management @NHS_HealthEdEng
Surgical Specialties Cadiothoracic ENT General surgery Neurosurgery Oral and Maxillofacial surgery Paediatric surgery Plastic surgery Trauma and orthopaedics Urology Vascular surgery @NHS_HealthEdEng
Typical Week 2 clinics (one subspecialty) All day theatre list (2 or 3 session day) MDT Ward rounds Teaching Admin SPAtime On-Call @NHS_HealthEdEng
Advantages & Disadvantages Competitive Long time training Out of hours work Exams High pressure / stress Procedure based Acute & Elective elements Challenging Varied Team based Patient contact Potential for sub- specialisation @NHS_HealthEdEng
Career Pathway Core Surgical Training (2years applications during FY2) o Common to 10 specialties o Potential to theme CTS to specific HST o IST ( Improving SurgicalTraining) run through training in General surgery, Trauma and orthopaedics, Urology and Vascular Surgery (ST1-ST8) o At present you can apply for Core or IST posts MRCS (during CST) Higher surgical training o o o o Competitive entry 6 years (varies between specialties) Possible time out for higher degree (Research / FRCS exit exam to obtain Certificate of Education) Completion ofTraining (CCT) @NHS_HealthEdEng
Recruitment - Competition Ratio 2021 Competition Ratios @NHS_HealthEdEng
Personal Qualities Person Specification @NHS_HealthEdEng
Recruitment National application process for CST and IST (same interview) Keep an eye on deanery website Online application Applicant ranks rotations in order of preference Structured interviews (like multiple OSCE stations) Candidates reaching required standard receive offers Candidates ranked, top rank gets first choice rotation @NHS_HealthEdEng
Commitment to Specialty Taster sessions Attendance at regional and national specialty meetings Affiliate membership ofASGBI Surgical careers events (see deanery website) Keep a logbook of procedures Audits and research papers/ presentations Medical student SSC modules @NHS_HealthEdEng
West Midlands Specific One of the biggest regions Number of large teaching hospitals Exposure to all specialties and sub-specialties Excellent training record Great places to live and work - big cities and rural Health Education England - West Midlands Core Surgical Training @NHS_HealthEdEng
Where to go for more information Royal Colleges: The Royal College of Surgeons of England The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Association of Surgeons NHS health careers Health Education England - East Midlands Surgery @NHS_HealthEdEng
