On 14 Oct 2005, at 10:12, Richard Lindley wrote:

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 example, 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? 1989 graduate

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

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


When was your first experience of paed surgery?

         medical school (or before) 

         house jobs
         sho jobs (bst rotation)  y
         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? n

        If so, what?

        When did you change your mind?

        What changed it?

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

 

I  am extremely happy with my choice of career. It is a different specialty with great job satisfaction. Though i wonder, with increasing use of antenatal diagnosis and counselling -  our need might dcrease more and more.

 

After having spent more then 13 yrs in Paediatric Surgery, i can definitely say that Two years for foundation is too short for even basic specialty trining.

 

Ashish Desai

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