Estimate your Core Surgical Training score, Docrr

6 questions covering the sections that account for most of the variation in scores. It is deliberately not the full framework — the estimate tells you roughly where you stand, not what to submit.

1.Surgical experience — structured surgical placement outside foundation training (foundation and ITU placements no longer count)

Completed a surgical elective of 4+ weeks or a surgical taster week of 5+ days, with a supervisor letterNo elective or taster completed — the rubric's default grade for this domainNo published criterion for this grade (assessor judgement)No published criterion for this grade (assessor judgement)No published criterion for this grade (assessor judgement)

2.Operative experience — cases verified by a consultant via eLogbook

3.Quality improvement or audit involvement (presentation of the audit is scored separately)

Led all aspects of a surgically-themed audit or QIP, closed loop, with demonstrated changeLed all aspects of a non-surgically-themed audit or QIP, closed loop, with demonstrated changeActive contributor through multiple cycles of a closed-loop audit or QIP that demonstrated changeInvolved in an audit or QIP, for example data collectionNo audit or QIP involvement

4.Audit presentation — only claim this domain if your involvement grade above is A, B or C

Both cycles of the audit presentedOne cycle presentedAudit completed but not yet presentedNo published criterion for this grade (assessor judgement)No audit presentation to claim

5.Teaching experience — every option needs formal feedback, reviewed by your consultant and mentioned in their letter

Designed and organised a face-to-face teaching programme of 4+ sessions and personally delivered 4+ of themDesigned and organised a 4+ session programme as above, but delivered online rather than face-to-faceHelped design and organise a 4+ session teaching programme but delivered fewer than 4 sessionsRegular teaching over the last year (4+ sessions), or educational activity focused on learning to teachNone of the above

6.Presentations and publications — pick the single highest that applies; publications need a valid PubMed ID or they score zero, and you cannot reuse your QI project here

Top oral-presentation prize at a national or international meeting, or first author of a PubMed-cited publication that is not a case report or editorial letterOral presentation at a national or international meeting, first author of a prize-winning poster there, or first author of a PubMed-cited case report, editorial letter or published book chapterNamed co-author of one PubMed-cited publicationFirst author of a poster at a national or international meeting, an oral presentation at a regional meeting, or cited collaborative author on a research collaborative publicationNone of the above

0 of 6 answered. Unanswered questions score zero, exactly as they would on the real form.