How to cultivate excellent digestive surgeons / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

To produce good digestive surgeons,the following 5 training steps need to be done right(1) Undergraduate education.The basic requirements in the qualities of good undergraduate medical training students at the end of the training should possess are① Good medical ethics and attitudes to their patients; ② Good medical knowledge and skills; ③ Good core competencies in communication,decision-making,collaboration,leadership,health advocation,teaching and professionalism.(2) Basic surgical training.Developed countries have evolved to train surgeons using a structural training program in both basic and higher surgical training for the whole country.After completion of basic training and passing an unified examination for the country,a candidate can enter into higher surgical training in a specialty of which general surgery is one of these specialties.(3) General surgical training.The training of general surgery in Hong Kong is similar to that in the United Kingdom.After completion of general surgery training,the candidate can sit for a conjoint examination held by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong (CSHK) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd).After passing the examination,the candidate receives qualifications from these two Colleges.CSHK and RCSEd now have accredited 14 training centers in Mainland China for surgical training.The trainees from these 14 centers can sit for the conjoint examination held by these 2 Colleges and obtain the qualifications after passing the examination.(4) Digestive surgical training.Digestive surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery.The training of digestive surgery in Hong Kong,like in many developed countries,has not yet evolved into a structured subspecialty training and examination system.There are still a lot of debates on whether digestive surgery should evolve into a structured subspecialty training program.(5) Continuing medical education (CME).CME is very important.There have been a lot of discussions internationally on CME,continuing professional development,continuing professional education,revalidation and recertification.To produce good digestive surgeons,a solid foundation in surgical training should first be established.A structural training and examination program is important for a country to produce good surgeons.