Paediatric Surgery
Dec 22, 2015
Paediatric SurgeryAttractions
The last great surgical speciality• General paediatric surgery• Urology• Colo-rectal• Neurosurgery• Surgical oncology• Neonatal surgery• Hepatobiliary• Etc!!!
Paediatric SurgeryAttractions
• Generally healthy patient population
• Little in the way of post-op complications
• Quick post-op recovery
• Mortality relatively rare
Paediatric SurgeryCareer pathway
• Basic Surgical training
followed by
• ? Research (MD/PhD)
then
5 year SpR training programme
(local training consortium is Dublin/Belfast training scheme)
Paediatric SurgeryProspects
• At present 5 consultant paediatric surgeons based in Dublin(2 locum/3 permanent)
• Hanly recommendations
2009-10 surgeons
2013-13 surgeons
Paediatric SurgeryControversies
• ?Where is it to be practised
• Present feeling is in one tertiary referral centre in Dublin
• At present no definite decision