Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9193561 | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The Neurosurgical Advanced Training curriculum of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is currently undergoing change. Given the high standard of neurosurgery in Australia and New Zealand, it may be questioned why such change is necessary. However, the curriculum has not kept pace with developments in professional practice, educational practice or educational theory, particularly in the assessment of medical competence and performance. The curriculum must also adapt to the changing training environment, particularly the effects of reduced working hours, reducing caseloads due to shorter inpatient hospital stays and restricted access to public hospital beds and operating theatres, and the effects of subspecialisation. A formal review of the curriculum is timely.
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Authors
Michael Kerin MD FRACS, Rufus M. MA MD PhD MPH FRACS FAFPHM, Patricia M.A. BA MEd PhD, Michael MBBS FRACS FACS, Andrew MB ChB FRACS, John MBBS FRACS, Stacie MBus MBA,