Changes in United Kingdom oral and maxillofacial surgical specialty trainees since 1995 – numbers, gender, first degrees, and nations of origin
| Autor: | Patrick Magennis, James Douglas, Daljit K. Dhariwal, Anne Begley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Demographics Advisory committee education Specialty 030230 surgery Specialties Surgical 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine business.industry Surgery Oral United Kingdom Indian subcontinent Otorhinolaryngology Family medicine Workforce Oral and maxillofacial surgery Female Surgery Oral Surgery business Inclusion (education) Surgical Specialty |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 58:1325-1332 |
| ISSN: | 0266-4356 |
| Popis: | Training in UK surgery has changed dramatically since 1995, from a relative lack of structure to time-limited and highly documented programmes. Training in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) has shared these changes and included some significant changes of its own. Minutes from the OMFS Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) were reviewed over the last 25 years to record the number and location of newly approved posts. The General Medicine Council's (GMC) OMFS specialist list in 2019 was combined with the records of OMFS specialists' dental qualifications held by the General Dental Council (GDC) and augmented from a database of OMFS trainees and consultants in the UK. Data on demographics, location, and nature of the first medical or dental degree were noted for analysis. A total of 691 OMFS specialists and trainees were identified from GMC, OMFS SAC and consultant databases. Of these, 12 consultants held only dental qualification/registration. First degree data could not be obtained for 12 specialists (all male). A further 20 OMFS specialists, whose training was outside the UK, were also excluded from further analysis. In 1995 there were 95 national training posts, by 2013 there were 150. Over the last quarter of a century, there has been an increase in medicine first trainees, an increase in female trainees and specialists, and a relative decrease in OMFS trainees from the Indian subcontinent. The varied origins of the OMFS workforce has contributed to greater diversity and inclusion within the specialty. In the UK, OMFS appears to have produced the correct number of specialists whilst maintaining a high standard of training. The next change in OMFS training programmes is to deliver The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board's (PMETB) recommendations. As we move to achieve this it is imperative that as new doors open, we do not close others. |
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