ASSESSMENT METHODS IN SURGICAL TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Assessment methods in surgical training in the United Kingdom

A career in surgery in the United Kingdom demands a commitment to a long journey of assessment.The assessment methods used must ensure that the appropriate candidates are selected into a programme of study or a job and must guarantee public safety by regulating the progression of surgical trainees and the certification of trained surgeons.This revi

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Scaling of causal neural avalanches in a neutral model

Neural avalanches are collective firings of neurons that exhibit emergent scale-free behavior.Understanding the nature and distribution of these avalanches is an important element in understanding how the brain functions.We study a model of neural avalanches for which the dynamics are governed by neutral theory.The neural avalanches are defined usi

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