Paediatric Surgery

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Paediatric Surgery
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Paediatric SurgeryAttractions

• The last great surgical speciality
• General paediatric surgery
• Urology
• Colo-rectal
• Neurosurgery
• Surgical oncology
• Neonatal surgery
• Hepatobiliary
• Etc!!!

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The last great surgical speciality
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Paediatric SurgeryAttractions

• Generally healthy patient population
• Little in the way of post-op complications
• Quick post-op recovery
• Mortality relatively rare

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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)

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Paediatric SurgeryProspects

• At present 5 consultant paediatric surgeons based
  in Dublin(2 locum/3 permanent)
• Hanly recommendations
• 2009-10 surgeons
• 2013-13 surgeons

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Paediatric SurgeryControversies

• ?Where is it to be practised
• Present feeling is in one tertiary referral
  centre in Dublin
• At present no definite decision

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Paediatric Surgery

• A rewarding surgical speciality
• But
• Will there be jobs?