The authors all undertook their medical and surgical training at the University of Nottingham Medical School, and were final year students at the time of writing. They held the following positions with the University of Nottingham's Surgical Society SCRUBS:Author and Editor: Paul Sutton, Junior Doctor at Derby City Hospital and 2005/6 President of SCRUBSAuthors:Polly Drew, 2006/7 President of SCRUBS Rebecca Lee, 2006/7 Vice-President of SCRUBSMichele Chimenti, Clinical Co-ordinator on the 2006/7 SCRUBS committeeDavid Lee, Clinical Co-ordinator on the 2006/7 SCRUBS committeeEditorial Advisor: Michael Larvin, Professor of Surgery at Nottingham University and responsible for the Surgeons in Training Education Programme (STEP) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England