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Aesthetic Surgery Journal Nov 2014
Topics: Accreditation; Education, Medical, Graduate; Esthetics; Humans; Internship and Residency; Surgery, Plastic; United States
PubMed: 25270543
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X14548889 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2021
Topics: Clinical Competence; Humans; Information Dissemination; Information Seeking Behavior; Marketing of Health Services; Referral and Consultation; Search Engine; Surgeons; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 34699506
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000794912.60516.94 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2021
Topics: Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Publishing; Surgery, Plastic; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 34699495
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000794868.07051.b4 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Jan 2017Combining pregnancy with plastic surgery residency has historically been difficult. Two decades ago, 36 percent of plastic surgery program directors surveyed actively...
BACKGROUND
Combining pregnancy with plastic surgery residency has historically been difficult. Two decades ago, 36 percent of plastic surgery program directors surveyed actively discouraged pregnancy among residents, and 33 percent of women plastic surgeons suffered from infertility. Most alarmingly, 26 percent of plastic surgery trainees had had an elective abortion during residency. With increasing numbers of women training in plastic surgery, this historical lack of support for pregnancy deserves further attention.
METHODS
To explore the current accommodations made for the pregnant plastic surgery resident, an electronic survey was sent to 88 plastic surgery program directors in the United States.
RESULTS
Fifty-four responded, for a response rate of 61.36 percent. On average, a director trained a total of 7.91 women among 17.28 residents trained over 8.19 years. Of the women residents, 1.43 were pregnant during a director's tenure, with 1.35 of those residents taking maternity leave. An average 1.75 male residents took paternity leave. Approximately one-third of programs had a formal maternity/paternity leave policy (36.54 percent) which, in most cases, was limited to defining allowed weeks of leave, time required to fulfill program requirements, and remuneration during leave.
CONCLUSIONS
This survey of plastic surgery directors is a first step in defining the challenges training programs face in supporting the pregnant resident. Directors provided comments describing their challenges accommodating an absent resident in a small program and complying with the American Board of Plastic Surgery's required weeks of training per year. A discussion of these challenges is followed by suggested solutions.
Topics: Female; Humans; Internship and Residency; Parental Leave; Pregnancy; Social Support; Surgery, Plastic; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Work-Life Balance
PubMed: 28027263
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002861 -
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery May 2008
Topics: Forecasting; Humans; Physician-Patient Relations; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 18347848
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-008-9132-z -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Oct 2012
Topics: Brazil; Forecasting; Humans; Internationality; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 23018706
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31826703b1 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2021
Topics: Curriculum; Humans; Internship and Residency; Personnel Selection; Physician Executives; Students, Medical; Surgery, Plastic; Surveys and Questionnaires
PubMed: 34609989
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008438 -
JAMA Nov 2016
Topics: Beauty; Brain; Education, Medical; Humans; Perception; Rhinoplasty; Sculpture; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 27893110
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.17592 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Mar 2014A critical element of a thriving academic plastic surgery program is the quality of faculty. A decline in recruitment and retention of faculty has been attributed to the...
BACKGROUND
A critical element of a thriving academic plastic surgery program is the quality of faculty. A decline in recruitment and retention of faculty has been attributed to the many challenges of academic medicine. Given the substantial resources required to develop faculty, academic plastic surgery has a vested interest in improving the process of faculty recruitment and retention.
METHODS
The American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons Issues Committee and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Foundation Academic Affairs Council surveyed the 83 existing programs in academic plastic surgery in February of 2012. The survey addressed the faculty-related issues in academic plastic surgery programs over the past decade. Recruitment and retention strategies were evaluated. This study was designed to elucidate trends, and define best strategies, on a national level.
RESULTS
Academic plastic surgery programs have added substantially more full-time faculty over the past decade. Recruitment efforts are multifaceted and can include guaranteed salary support, moving expenses, nurse practitioner/physician's assistant hires, protected time for research, seed funds to start research programs, and more. Retention efforts can include increased compensation, designation of a leadership appointment, protected academic time, and call dilution.
CONCLUSIONS
Significant change and growth of academic plastic surgery has occurred in the past decade. Effective faculty recruitment and retention are critical to a successful academic center. Funding sources in addition to physician professional fees (institutional program support, grants, contracts, endowment, and so on) are crucial to sustain the academic missions.
Topics: Career Mobility; Faculty, Medical; Humans; Personnel Selection; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 24572885
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000438045.06387.63 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Mar 2022
Topics: Attitude of Health Personnel; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgeons; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 35196703
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008862