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Education and Training in Pancreatic Surgery

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Exposure to pancreatic surgery during general surgery residency is insufficient for independent HPB practice in the majority of centres. High quality post-certification HPB fellowships can be readily accessed by a number of well-defined routes and are strongly recommended to achieve the experience and operative volumes required for autonomous management of patients with pancreatic cancer. The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) and its regional Associations seek to improve education and training in pancreatic surgery and oversee the quality of such fellowships through accreditation. Summative assessment or formal certification is not provided by all schemes but may be beneficial to aid institutions when appointing candidates to career-grade posts that involve complex pancreatic practice. Evidence suggests that the presence of an HPB subspecialty fellow is not detrimental to the training of local residents and may contribute to enhanced outcomes for patients. The role of eLearning and social media in the education and training of pancreatic surgery is rapidly evolving.

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Parks, R.W., Guest, R.V. (2021). Education and Training in Pancreatic Surgery. In: Søreide, K., Stättner, S. (eds) Textbook of Pancreatic Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53786-9_5

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