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Honest accounts of ACRRM surgical AST — what does the operative experience actually look like day to day?
Considering ACRRM with surgical AST as a PGY4 with general registration. I’ve read the college website but want honest, unfiltered accounts from people who have actually done it or are currently doing it.
Specifically want to know:
How many theatre sessions per week realistically?
What cases are you actually doing vs assisting with?
How complex is the operative work in practice — is it predominantly skin and minor ops, or are you seeing real general surgical cases?
Do you need to go MMM5-7 to get meaningful surgical exposure, or is MMM4 enough?
How good is the supervision and teaching in practice?
u/Acceptable-Nobody335 — 6 days ago