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Surgical trainee perceptions of a ‘surgeon of the week’ system contrasted with a traditional on-call model: the impact on surgical education, patient safety and trainee quality of life

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Abbreviations

TOCM:

Traditional on-call model

ACS:

Acute care surgery

SOTW:

Surgeon of the week

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  1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, St Nessan’s Road, Dooradoyle, Co Limerick, Ireland

    Enda Hannan, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Gerard Feeney, John Calvin Coffey & Colin Peirce

  2. School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    John Calvin Coffey & Colin Peirce

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Hannan, E., Ullah, M.F., Feeney, G. et al. Surgical trainee perceptions of a ‘surgeon of the week’ system contrasted with a traditional on-call model: the impact on surgical education, patient safety and trainee quality of life. Ir J Med Sci 192, 805–806 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03036-4

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