National Selection Pilots
Chris Munsch
Joint Committee on Surgical Training
National Selection
What are the potential benefits?
Reliability Validity Utility
National Selection
What are the potential drawbacks?
Loss of local engagement Ownership and administration of the
recruitment process – Deanery concerns Trainee/programme matching
National selection in:
Cardiothoracic Surgery Plastic Surgery Neurosurgery Urology (OMFS) (ENT)
Currently piloting:
General surgery: 4 deanery pilot Trauma and Orthopaedics: mixed economy
pilot