Abstract
We thank the author for highlighting the issue of length of training for women in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) and applaud her for highlighting it. 1 Al Asaadi Z. Does the current oral and maxillofacial surgery training pathway disadvantage female trainees?. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020; 58: 1338-1339 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar Many steps have been taken in an attempt to shorten the training time, such as the ability to progress to specialty training after completion of one year in core surgery with success in the MRCS, and to sign off core competencies as in run-through training. Undoubtedly the number of ST1 run-through posts could be expanded, and this should be a focus for training programme directors (TPDs) across the country to work with their core surgical training (CST) programme directors to expand this number. Undertaking only one year in the foundation programme unfortunately failed to get approval from the General Medical Council (GMC).
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