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.