@article{TGC1881,
author = {Kinesh Patel and Omar Faiz and Siwan Thomas-Gibson},
title = {Is competency assessment at the specialist level achievable?},
journal = {Translational Gastrointestinal Cancer},
volume = {2},
number = {3},
year = {2013},
keywords = {},
abstract = {The celebrated surgeon and founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital William Stewart Halsted once commented: “the advent of anaesthesia has made it so that any idiot can become a surgeon.” After the introduction of antiseptic surgery in the late 19th century, the practice of surgery was poorly regulated and variable in its quality.},
url = {https://tgc.amegroups.com/article/view/1881}
}