The eSTEP™ Website: A Response

The STEP™ team at the RCSE have undertaken an extensive market research (Larvin M, Haine L, Kamal T. STEP™ survey: what trainees want from a distance learning programme. Unlike BeST Online (Basic electronic Surgical Training) which is wholly online, STEP™ combines printed modules with online support via the eSTEP™ website and also provides additional benefits including: (i) Surgery journal subscription (24 months); (ii) discounts on textbooks via Blackwell's online bookshop; (iii) an event at the RCSE (STEP™ College Day); and (iv) discounts on the RCSE's Intercollegiate MRCS examination preparatory courses. Bearing in mind the results of the survey, the team is actively involved in producing a new edition of STEP™ (including an updated version of the eSTEP™ website) for release later in 2008.