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Isn't it time to start speaking about "European surgeons"?
Federico Coccolini1, Daniel Lazzareschi
1General, Emergency and Transplant Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy. fedecocco@iol.it.
Background:
Emergency surgery has become a neglected specialization in Europe and in many other parts of the world. In certain medical fields, emergency surgery isn't even considered an autonomous specialization. However every emergency surgeon must have a good formation in General Surgery but exist huge disparities between different European surgical formative systems.
Methods:
An analysis of the main problems of the European surgical formative system was conducted.
Results:
This discrepancy between formative systems is absolutely unacceptable and presents a notable hazard for the European Union, considering that surgical certifications are reciprocally recognized between programs within all European Union states.
Conclusion:
Considering the increasing possibilities to move inside the European Union, is necessary to improve the European surgical formative system to warrant an uniform formation for all surgeons.
