Surgical training has evolved over the years, but the pace of change accelerated in the 1990s. The publication, in 1993, of the Calman report on specialist medical training, shortened surgical training to six years. Prior to this, surgical training had been deemed to be complete three years after appointment as a senior registrar, a post which often took many years to achieve.
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