APPEARING IN EXAM TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Below are listed the training requirements, successful completion of which is necessary to be eligible for Training Programme to......

(i)    LOG BOOKS

(ii)   CLINICAL HOURS

(iii)  REGISTRAR EVALUATION REPORTS

(iv)  RESEARCH PAPER

(v)   TRAINING PROGRAMME EXAMINATION

(i) SURGICAL LOG BOOK

MINIMUM LOG BOOK REQUIREMENTS

COSMETIC MEDICINE

Notes on log book requirements:

•    The minimum total number of major procedures required to pass log book requirements
     is 350 cases
  
  
•    For each "major procedure." the "minimum acceptable number" indicates the number of
     cases required to pass the fellowship log book requirements.
  
  
•    For each major procedure the "expected" number indicates the number of cases the College
     expects is reasonable.
  
  
•    "major procedure " is defined as a procedure listed on the major procedure column of
     the log book.

(ii)      CLINICAL HOURS LOG

A log of clinical hours is required to be kept and carefully maintained.

A minimum number of 20 hours o clinical attendance is required per week, to be made up of operating theatre time (guide - 14 hours) and pre and post operative clinic time (guide - 6 hours).

NB:   An additional 10 hours per week is estimated to be required for academic time (personal study) in order to complete the training curriculum.

(iii)      REGISTRAR EVALUATION REPORT

A registrar evaluation report will be filled out by each consultant at the completion of each rotation.

A minimum of 80% of these reports is required to be favourable in order to pass this component of the training programme.

(iv)      RESEARCH PAPER

Registrars are required to publish a clinical paper, review article, or discussion paper as a topic relevant tot he speciality of cosmetic surgery.

NB:   "publish" is taken to mean publication in the established medical/scientific literature.

(v)      TRAINING PROGRAMME EXAMINATION

Examination consists of two components:

Oral component
Written component

                 - Oral component consists of 5 vivas -
                   The emphasis being on clinical judgement

                 - Written component consists of 300 multiple choice questions-
                   The emphasis being on theoretical knowledge.