@SyedAAhmad5 In surgical specialities, both pediatric surgery and surgical oncology are worst offenders. The costs to learners financially is tremendous and the the ROI for programs is marginal at best. Now get off my lawn as I scream at the clouds. @cchildersmd
@SyedAAhmad5 But there's zero impetus to change anything. We have learners being "required" to pump out abstracts/paper to be viewed as optimal candidates for residency and fellowship positions but as faculty the next paper they publish will be their first. We need a change!
@FlavioRochaMD So which local control rate is one to use? Can't ever remember a study allowing post hoc evaluation of efficacy. Way more questions than answers.