EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Professor Matt Thompson

The Education and Professional Development Committee is chaired by Professor Matt Thompson. The committee under the chairmanship of Professor Taylor was extremely active discussing three separate issues and producing documents. The first relates to the important role of surgery in the undergraduate curriculum and how it can be incorporated in an integrated fashion. The paper was approved by SARS Council and has been distributed to all UK Medical School Deans.
Download a copy of Surgery in the Undergraduate Curriculum.

A paper has been submitted to the SAC in General Surgery proposing a training programme for individuals wishing to pursue a full-time academic career. This will apply to relatively few individuals but nevertheless the programme is comprehensive and has been fully endorsed by the SAC Curriculum Committee. The outline programme will be included within the SAC Curriculum handbook.

Finally SARS has been asked to provide a curriculum for the incorporation of research activity into higher surgical training. A draft document has been written and is at present being reviewed by the SARS Committee. It identifies competencies which should be achieved at the end of a period of academic endeavour.