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From: "Richard Lindley" <rmlindley@...>
Reply-To: paediatricsurgerytrainees@yahoogroups.com
To: paediatricsurgerytrainees@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [paediatricsurgerytrainees] Survey - did you always want to be a paediatric surgeon?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:12:59 -0000

I'd be grateful for as many replies as possible to this (email me
with responses)

With MMC about to start taking effect, one of my concerns is how
future paediatric surgeons will enter our profession given the much
reduced experience as HO/SHO level.  This may be an unfounded fear,
but, for exapmple, for ages I wanted to be a brain surgeon until I
did paed surg as part of a rotation and loved it.

So, answers on an email please:


Year of training?  yr 2 spr

When did you form a firm intention to enter paediatric surgery?  sho

         medical school (or before)
         house jobs
         sho jobs 
         spr jobs

 
When was your first expeeince of paed sugery?  bst rotation

         medical school (or before)
         house jobs
         sho jobs (bst rotation)
         sho jobs (stand alone)
         spr jobs

         and was this when you decided on paed surgery as a career? yes

Did you seriously intend to enter any other branch of
medicine/surgery before changing to paed surgery?

        If so, what?  yes, never thought about paeds until stumbling across it by chance, was going to be a 'general' surgeon, possible lower gi

        When did you change your mind? during my penultimate bst rotatoin job in paeds surgery

        What changed it?  the variety and interesting surgeries, the paediatric work environment, the surgeons, the kids

Any other comments about choice of paed surgey as a career or
influences on your choice?

would not have been here today if paeds surgery wasnt on my bst rotation - did not particularly enjoy paeds at med school and would otherwise never have given it a thought

Bip

Thanks very much in advance...

Richard

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