Ethics in Practice Ethical Dilemmas in Orthopaedic Surgical Training

The involvement of surgical trainees in surgical procedures forms an integral part of traditional orthopaedic surgical education. While the need to train surgeons is unquestioned, a patient may not necessarily benefit from receiving treatment from an inexperienced surgeon and, indeed, may suffer a poorer outcome as a consequence1-7. As such, the process of orthopaedic surgical training is one that highlights a number of important ethical issues. While the ethical implications of clinical research have been the subject of extensive discussion and guidelin