Reform in the training of digestive surgeons in France: a revolution for a renaissance!

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In France, digestive surgery is no longer popular and the best medical students no longer choose this specialty. Nowadays, the top-ranking students prefer to get into more “peaceful” surgical specialties and, let us admit it, more exciting too. They prefer surgical specialties with short procedures, consistent results, happy patients who show their gratitude, few on-call periods, i.e., a good and comfortable life with a very good salary. All of that is what now attracts students. The feminization of medical studies [1] (75% of the students in Rennes are females) could perhaps explain this disenchantment but it is the way our profession is taught that should be called into question. The government has, therefore, undertaken a reform in the training of all specialists that came into force on November 1, 2018 in France [2‐4]. …