TY - JOUR T1 - General Surgery Training in Spain: Core Curriculum and Specific Areas of Training JO - Cirugía Española (English Edition) T2 - AU - Miguelena Bobadilla,José Ma AU - Morales-García,Dieter AU - Iturburu Belmonte,Ignacio AU - Alcázar Montero,José Antonio AU - Serra Aracil,Xabier AU - Docobo Durantez,Fernando AU - López de Cenarruzabeitia,Ignacio AU - Sanz Sánchez,Mercedes AU - Hernández Hernández,Juan Ramón SN - 21735077 M3 - 10.1016/j.cireng.2014.10.006 DO - 10.1016/j.cireng.2014.10.006 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-espanola-english-edition--436-articulo-general-surgery-training-in-spain-S2173507715000356 AB - The Royal Decree RD 639/2014 has been published, regulating among others, the core curriculum, and specific areas of training (SAT). It is of great interest for the specialty of General and Digestive Surgery (GS and DS).The aim is to expose and clarify the main provisions and reflect on their implications for the practical application of the core curriculum and SAT in the specialty of General and Digestive Surgery, to promote initiatives and regulations.This RD will be a milestone in our specialty that will test the strength of the specialty, if it does not finally culminate in its degradation against the emergence of new surgical specialties.A new stage begins in which the Spanish Association of Surgeons should be involved to define the conceptual basis of GS and DS in the XXI century, and the creation of new SAT to continue to maintain the “essence of our specialty”. ER -