UK OMFS consultants and trainees strongly support the recommendations of the 2008 Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) Review of Training in OMFS. The time for delivering them is now.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 62(5): 477-482, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
When the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board's (PMETB) Review of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) Training was published in 2008 it contained five recommendations about OMFS training. As yet, none of these recommendations has been delivered. An online survey was designed to assess awareness of the PMETB review and the current views of OMFS trainees and consultants about its recommendations. Replies were invited using email and social media (WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook). As a result of using social media no denominator for the response rate was possible. A total of 304 responses were received, eight of which were anonymous. There was strong support for all the OMFS-specific recommendations:
1 the OMFS specialty should remain a dual medical and dental degree specialty (255, 84%); 2 OMFS training should be shortened (283, 93%); 3 OMFS training should start at the beginning of the second degree (203, 67%); 4 there should be a single medical regulator (General Medical Council) for OMFS (258, 85%); and 6 the need for a second Foundation Year should be removed (260, 86%). Other suggestions about improving OMFS training were also made by participants in the survey. There remains strong support within the specialty for the recommendations of the review. This support is present across consultants, specialty trainees, and those aiming for OMFS specialty training. Some of the original legislative obstructions to delivery of the recommendations have been removed by Brexit creating a unique opportunity for them to be delivered.Palavras-chave
General Dental Council; General Medical Council; OMFS; PMETB; Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board; core surgical training; dental training; dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery; dual degree; dual degree training; foundation training; maxillofacial surgery; oral and maxillofacial surgery; recruitment; retention; run-through training; specialty training; surgical training; training
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Cirurgia Bucal
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Humans
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Europa
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
Ano de publicação:
2024
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