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ASiT is the voice for UK Surgical Trainees

ASiT is a Registered Charity, which means we pass on our financial well-being to our members. A growing membership has allowed us to keep our annual fee to a bare minimum and increased the number and variety of benefits which we can offer to our members.

Your membership is essential in maintaining and improving our mandate:

• on every training committee both local and national
• to every S.A.C.
• in every Royal College
• nationally through to the NHS and Department of Health
• on co-opted committees including EWTD, MMC, education, examinations etc.
• by increasing the number and quality of benefits that we can negotiate on your behalf

ASiT membership costs £40 per year when paying by direct debit (£30 for Medical Students), but the benefits hugely outway the small annual fee. Your subscription buys you:

• Cheaper surgical textbooks - we pass on the entire publisher’s discount (as much as 30%)
• Cheaper British Journal of Surgery – discounted subscription (nearly 60%)
• Travelling fellowships  –  2 prizes worth £2500 each year
• Medical student surgical elective prizes worth up to £500
• Free places on Laparoscopic courses in Elancourt, Paris
• Reduced rates or free places on many national courses
• Heavily subsidised, highly successful exam courses for MRCS viva and FRCS part 3 preparation
• Discounted surgical loupes
• A copy of our yearbook  –  mailed to your home address in spring each year
• Membership of the ASiT e-group – where you can keep up with the latest in surgical training
• Access to our brand new website with downloadable image libraries and text files, news forums, helpful hints on the FRCS part 3 and consultant interviews, and details of your regional and national representatives
• An invitation to our Annual Conference – covering academic and political issues, with poster and oral presentations and an enjoyable social programme

**Note reduced medical student membership rate of £30 per annum**

Medical Students required to demonstrate proof of student status

ASiT membership Categories:

Ordinary Members ie. Foundation Trainees, SHOs, SpRs, and Consultants (£40 by direct debit / £50 by credit card)

Ordinary Members may be elected by the Council on the nomination of the Executive Committee from persons who have made an application to the Honorary Secretary.  Suitable candidates shall have medical degrees and have an interest in participating in a surgical training programme in a recognised surgical specialty. Such members shall receive without payment the publications of the Association and be entitled to attend scientific, general and annual general meetings of the Association and vote in connection with any business of the Association.  Ordinary membership shall lapse after the expiration of two years from the date of their appointment to a substantive post as consultant.

Medical Student members (£30)

Medical students may join ASiT as a discount rate. Please note that Medical Student Members will be required to verify their university, student number, and expected year of graduation.

How to Join

Members wishing to pay by credit card can join online now by following the link at the bottom of the page. Paying by credit card incurrs a higher fee and there is no need to return the direct debit form.

Those wishing to pay the reduced membership fee by direct debit need to complete a membership form and direct debit mandate (these can be downloaded at the bottom of this page) and return these along with a cheque for £40.00 (payable to the ASGBI Membership Services) to the address below.

**Membership is by the calendar year, therefore please could anyone joining in the second half of the year between 1st July and 31st December send a cheque for the reduced amount of £20**

Association of Surgeons in Training
Royal College of Surgeons of England
35 - 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE

If you have any queries regarding your membership application please contact our secretariat: info@asit.org

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