colorectal carcinoma is the most common gastrointestinal malignancy in the united states of america. in women the incidence is second to breast carcinoma; and in men it is the third most common carcinoma after lung and prostatic carcinoma. the overal incidence of colorectal carcinoma has had an increase in the first half of the past century, and has remained unchanged since. but the anatomic lo...

BACKGROUND We wished to ascertain in what way recent changes such as Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and the implementation of the Working Time Directive (WTD) have affected clinical training and experience for anaesthetists in a teaching centre, in particular the provision of training in specialized fields of anaesthesia provided in the teaching hospital. METHODS Data were extracted from t...