| Surgical fellowship training in Canada: What is its current status and is improvement required? | |
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PMID: 22269304 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This paper examines current issues concerning surgical fellowship training in Canada. Other than information from a few studies of fellowship training in North America, there are scant data on this subject in the literature. Little is known about the demographic characteristics of those who pursue fellowship training in Canada, what the experiences and expectations are of fellows and their supervisors with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of this level of training, or how this level of education fits in with Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical training. We summarize current knowledge about fellowship training in Canada as it pertains to demographic characteristics, finances, work hours, residency training, preparation for clinical and research work and satisfaction with training. Most information on surgical fellowship training comes from the United States. As such, we used information from American studies to supplement the Canadian data. Because a surgical fellowship experience in Canada may be different from that in the United States, we propose that Canadian surgical fellows and their supervisors should be surveyed to gain an understanding of such information. This knowledge could be used to improve surgical fellowship training in Canada. |
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Markku T Nousiainen; David A Latter; David Backstein; Fiona Webster; Kenneth A Harris |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie Volume: 55 ISSN: 1488-2310 ISO Abbreviation: Can J Surg Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-01-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372715 Medline TA: Can J Surg Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 58-65 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont. |
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