Applications are now invited for the joint FST / ASME small educational research grants from surgical trainees and consultants. The small research grants are intended to support evaluation or research into surgical education and training. Projects should either lead directly to improvements in surgical training practice or increase our understandi…
The FST’s Surgical Director, Craig McIlhenny has written an opinion piece on modern surgical training for the autumn edition of Urology News. Highlighting the challenges faced by those trying to provide excellent training to new generations of surgeons, Mr McIlhenny said “There is no acknowledgement of the work we put in to deliver high quality tr…
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers is to support research projects aiming to further surgical education and training. Craig Mcllhenny, Surgical Director of FST and consultant urological surgeon in NHS Forth Valley, says: "FST believes that quality research into education and training is vital and this award, in collaboration with ASME, marks a signi…
Mary Klingensmith MD will deliver the keynote lecture at this year's Faculty of Surgical Trainers conference Dr Klingensmith, right, will be speaking at the FST conference on 21 October The title for this year’s FST conference is Time vs Competency in Surgical Training. How would you define competency-based training?To me, competency-based tra…
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers has teamed up with the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) to launch a series of new research grants in the field of surgical education and training. The grants, available annually for up to £3,000, can be used to support either a research study or evaluation of a teaching innovation in any field …
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