Trainee logbook analysis reveals regional operative experience

Objective:Indicative operative numbers have become a new benchmark for higher surgical training. The aim of the deanery-led audit was to assess our regional operative experience using trainee logbooks against indicative number standards and to develop a tool to help guide regional training.Subjects and methods:Annual logbook data were collected using a questionnaire from urology trainees in a single region. Logbook data were excluded for an incomplete entry or work at multiple trusts in the same year. Logbooks were assumed to be current and validated. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for statistical analysis.Results:Altogether 24 trainees across 19 different training sites responded to the questionnaire. A total of 9777 indicative procedures were included in the analysis. Median annual operative numbers were lower than required for 10/13 procedures, but mean annual operative numbers were higher than required for only 1/13 procedures (andrology). Significant variation in annual operative numbers acros...