Summary of mandatory operative experience, indicative operations and PBAs related to speciality
| Speciality | Publications | Presentations | Audit | Operative logbook | Indicative operations | PBA | Critical conditions | WBA |
| CT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| (CTC) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| General | 0 | 0 | 3 | 250* | 5† | 15 | 19 | 19 |
| ENT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2000 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Neuro | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1200 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| OMFS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 815 | 17 | 51 | 5 | 5 |
| Paediatrics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1990 | 24 | 72 | 123 | 123 |
| Plastics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2100 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 6 |
| T&O | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1800 | 13 | 35 | 14 | 14 |
| Urology | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54* | 6 | 54 | 14 | 14 |
| Vascular | 0 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 11 | 110 | 3 | 3 |
| Median (range) | 0 (0 to 0) | 0 (0 to 0) | 3 (3 to 3) | 815 (54 to 2100) | 8 (5 to 24) | 35 (6 to 110) | 10 (3 to 123) | 10 (3 to 123) |
*Minimum operative logbook numbers are not directly stated for either General Surgery or Urology however accounting for minimal requirements of indicative operations and PBA completion a minimum number has been assigned to these specialities.
†General surgery trainees have five indexed ‘General Surgery’ procedures but must also demonstrate competence in additional procedures according to their stated ‘specialist interest’ at phase 3; see table 2.
CCT, Certification of Completion of Training ; ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat; OMFS, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; PBAs, procedural-based assessments; T&O, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery; WBAs, work-based assessments.