Re: A Comparative Study of Contrasting Surgical Residency Programs

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The article from the groups in London and Philadelphia [1] seeks to highlight differences in surgical training between the UK and US healthcare systems. This report is timely for those working in the UK, where the recent publication of the Shape of Training report by Professor David Greenaway [2] has proposed a new model for future postgraduate medical training. The rather disappointing response rate in the study and the use of self-reported data undermine the quality of the study that, nonetheless, allows broad comparison of surgical training in two continents. It might have been more valuable to have seen a like-for-like comparison with surgical training records or logbooks at equivalent stages of training. …