The history of surgery and surgical training in the UK

Surgery has a rich history, and in order to understand the various training pathways for aspiring surgeons one must have an appreciation of the evolution of surgery. This manuscript aims to deliver a brief review of the history of surgery, and explore the historical moments that have shaped the training pathway of surgeons in the United Kingdom (UK), and in doing so disseminate the latest information about surgical training in the UK. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4628 How to cite this:Payne T, Toms JD, Zaidi A, Thrumurthy SG. The history of surgery and surgical training in the UK. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(5):1532-1535. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4628 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.