CorePrep

Online preparation for UK Core Surgical Training Interviews (info, stats, Qbank & more)

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

In 2023 the Core Surgical Training competition rate for the UK was 4.2:1. This means that for every 4.2 people that applied, 1 was successfully appointed. 42% of  those that applied were invited to interview and 57% of those interviewed were successfully appointed.

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

@zackferguson @jay_vicryl 😂🤣

[Zack Ferguson @zackferguson]

Shit. Just found my acceptance email from med school. Turns out I DID know what I was signing up for. Guess the strikes are cancelled 😞

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

CST results out today! How did you do? #coresurgicaltraining

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

Unfortunately this mirrors the views of hundreds of CST applicants - national selection is increasingly an embarrassment to the surgical profession and needs sorting!

[Surina @drsurinataneja]

Applying for CST this year:
-The portfolio is changed weeks before the deadline, a lot of points I'd previously worked for are lost.
-MSRA is introduced first as a worrying rumour and THEN confirmed by CST. Forced to revise 99% non-surgical content.

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

Great advice from @adi_kumar1

[Adi Kumar @adi_kumar1]

I performed over 1200 operation as a trainee surgeon.

These are the lessons I learnt over 8 years.

How to get the most out of theatre time as a trainee 🧵.

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

Great to see IMGs succeeding in surgery, no obstacle is insurmountable, congratulations @UroNoel

[Jonathan Noël @UroNoel]

Thank you. As an IMG, I was told of the many obstacles to progress in postgrad #surgery. I’m humbled to join the amazing institutes of @GSTTnhs & @LG_NHS in providing #prostatecancer care and #roboticsurgery. I hope this encourages some.

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

Timeline and key dates for the 2023 Core Surgical Training interviews #cst #coresurgicaltraining

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

A very interesting 🧵on how stats can be misused in medical research - sounds a lot like the famously terrible Freemantle papers that were used as a political tool to impose the 2016 junior doctor contract changes

[Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani]

You may have heard the shocking headline that 250,000 people die every year in the US due to misdiagnosis in the ER.

You may be even more shocked to know that this statistic is extrapolated from the death of...

just one man.

in a Canadian ER.

over a decade ago.

[Henry Marsh @DrHenryMarsh]

PRIVATE MEDICINE IS NOT THE SOLUTION! It is extravagant,inequitable and easily leads to over treatment. Socialised healthcare systems like the NHS work fine in Scandinavia. The problem with the NHS is the Tory Party, not the principle of tax-funded equal medical treatment for all

[Ronan @ronansetron]

DON’T APOLOGISE for not being given the infrastructure you need to do your job

this was something I tried for a day recently and it was very refreshing.

PC taking 15m to boot up so you can’t read the observations/labs to the consultant, or scribe for them?

do NOT say “sorry”.

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

The competition rates for UK Core Surgical Training in 2022 were 3.7:1 and those that were interviewed had a 49% chance of being offered a job

[ASGBI Moynihan Academy @ASGBI_MA]

Our statement on the introduction of the MSRA in CST applications @RCSEd @rcpsglasgow @RCSI_Irl @RCSnews @ASiTofficial @roux_group @Dukes_Club @herricksociety @RouleauxClub @bota_uk @PLASTAUK @socialmediaAOT @TheMammaryFold1 @SocSARS @SurgOncTA @JCST_Surgery

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

@Dr_BellaR Perhaps conscious incompetence which is no bad thing (certainly better than unconscious incompetence)

[Dr Terouz Pasha @TerouzP]

My anatomy illustration Book is FINALLY available to download!

Aimed at MRCS exams, early surgical trainees and students.

Huge thank you to Dr Hunter, my old Anatomy lecturer from @KingsCollegeLon who provided invaluable feedback.

Link: https://t.co/OynFJ8MypM

[Colby Kultgen @thecolbykultgen]

7 things you won’t give a fuck about in 10 years:

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

@RobynDean_ @zainiopedia If it any consolation it is ONLY two years which will fly by and you probably won’t have a huge amount of time to do things other than work! Plus you never know, you might fall in love with a bit of the country you’d never considered!

[CorePrep @CoreSurg]

@RobynDean_ @zainiopedia As others have said this is almost definitely to randomly scatter medical students of all abilities about the country to avoid the ‘brain drain’ on isolated parts of the country not associated with a big medical school

[EoE Ortho @eoeortho]

Tonight's teaching on carpal injuries https://t.co/6cAXtXeFMx by Mr Charlie Howell - #notrainingtodaynosurgeonstomorrow @BSSHand @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic @ASiTofficial @EoECoreSurgery @CoreSurg

[Jamie Murphy @Microbedoc2]

RIP...
Passed well before its time.