3.2.4 Impact of Scholarship Awards
Trehan K et al. described a review of the long-term interest of 45
scholarship recipients for research and clinical activities in CT
surgery. These recipients were evaluated prospectively using a US
institutional database and showed that 17.4% of these students went on
to choose CT surgery (9).
Discussion
CT surgery is a relatively small specialty however, recruitment into the
field has been declining (28, 1). In the UK, only 18% of newly
qualified CT surgeons and 32% of current trainees are from UK medical
schools. In the US whilst CT surgery residency posts are always filled,
the number of unmatched applicants has been decreasing. Given the
inadequate research in other regions, whether this is applicable to
medical students elsewhere is yet to be deduced however studies such as
by Algethami et al. reveal similar trends.