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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:958-959. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.059
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Letters to the Editor

Reply to West

Eric Lim*

Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB23 8RE, United Kingdom

Received 29 January 2007; accepted 31 January 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 1480830541. (Email: eric.lim{at}cvsnet.org).

Key Words: Surgical training • European Working Time Directive

We thank Mr West for his comments [1] on our paper [2], and agree that the experience at Papworth is not reflective of the wider experience of UK trainees. It was certainly not our intention to deliver such a message.

From the United Kingdom survey, it is clear that the majority of trainees are dissatisfied with their training and all felt that their training was negatively impacted by the shortening hours.

Our manuscript highlights a fundamental point that if an institution is committed to training, training can be sustained despite shortening hours.

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  1. West D. Letter to the editor. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:959.[Free Full Text]
  2. Lim E, Tsui S. Impact of the European Working Time Directive on exposure to operative cardiac surgical training. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:574-577.[Abstract/Free Full Text]




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