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BMA - Senior House Officer crisis information for junior doctors, August 2005 (1264 words) |
 | SHOs who have not been able to secure a specialist training post under the current system by August 2007 will find themselves in competition with those emerging from the F2 training programme for entry into the new specialist training programmes, and there may then be no training posts available for those who are unsuccessful. |
| While JDC understands that allowing unlimited training opportunities in itself is not the solution to this problem; in the short term it is essential to increase the number of doctors passing through higher specialist training to allow the expansion of the numbers of consultants and GPs that deliver service and patient care. |
| Members not expecting to earn in excess of £8,156 may also be able to claim the 'temporarily retired' concession; and members receiving state benefit for more than six months may have their whole year's subscription refunded. |
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Senior House Officer training: some myths exposed (1627 words) |
| Senior House Officers on the South East Scotland Basic Surgical Training Scheme, and those in stand-alone posts, were asked to record prospectively for one year (February 1997-February 1998) all operations in which they were the principal surgeon. |
| Operative experience was then compared to the senior author’s experience collected prospectively as a first year general surgical SHO in 1985 and to levels of experience recommended in a recent paper by Crofts et al. |
| The average number performed by a SHO as the principal surgeon is 17 (range 5-33) and the recommended number of varicose vein operations to be performed in one year as principal surgeon is 21. |
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