Motivational factors of surgeons interested in postgraduate surgical education: a narrative inquiry

Abstract

Clinical teachers are central to the successful education of medical graduates and dedicated surgical trainers are pivotal to the training of surgical trainees. The structure of education has changed within the NHS: the instigation of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) and Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) has taken the ultimate responsibility for quality assurance from the colleges and the profession, into a government-run body.