-
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Jul 2021
Topics: Career Choice; Humans; Internship and Residency; Personnel Selection; Students, Medical; Surgery, Plastic; United States; Workforce
PubMed: 34110319
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008030 -
British Journal of Plastic Surgery Oct 1999
Topics: Humans; Surgery, Plastic; United Kingdom; United States
PubMed: 10658114
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3203 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Jan 2022
Topics: Humans; Quality Improvement; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Surgery, Plastic; Video Recording
PubMed: 34878422
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008662 -
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive &... Nov 2018Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of Plastic Surgery training. Our study demonstrates the average cosmetic surgery experience of UK Plastic Surgery registrars...
AIMS
Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of Plastic Surgery training. Our study demonstrates the average cosmetic surgery experience of UK Plastic Surgery registrars over their 6-year training scheme. Comparison is made with the operative requirements for the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Cosmetic Certification scheme.
METHODS
By using the web-based eLogbook, we analysed all the cosmetic surgery operations recorded by Plastic Surgery registrars during their specialist training. The weighted mean average number of procedures was calculated for different areas of cosmetic surgery practice, according to the level of supervision. The number of RCS cosmetic credits acquired for eight domains of cosmetic surgery was calculated, thus enabling comparison with the operative requirements for certification.
RESULTS
eLogbook data were collated for 454 registrars from 2010 to 2016 inclusive. Trainees participated in a mean of 122 cosmetic operations during their training (50% as an assistant), which satisfies the requirement of 100 procedures for CCT. The majority of trainee involvement (66%) was with cosmetic breast and body contouring cases. Comparison with the criteria for cosmetic certification reveals that on average, trainees could certify in cosmetic breast and body contouring surgery but would be unable to accredit in other areas of practice.
CONCLUSIONS
Current UK training affords sufficient cosmetic surgery exposure for CCT but offers a limited breadth of exposure. Trainees who wish to certify in cosmetic surgery of the head and neck region will likely be required to seek additional experience outside their deanery training programme.
Topics: Certification; Cosmetic Techniques; Education, Medical, Graduate; Humans; Retrospective Studies; Surgery, Plastic; United Kingdom
PubMed: 30217440
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.07.012 -
American Journal of Surgery Feb 2010Plastic surgery is a broad-based discipline with emphasis on areas such as breast, craniomaxillofacial, burn, aesthetic, and hand surgery as well as complex wounds and...
Plastic surgery is a broad-based discipline with emphasis on areas such as breast, craniomaxillofacial, burn, aesthetic, and hand surgery as well as complex wounds and wound healing. Plastic surgery as a specialty captures a great deal of media attention over many other fields of medicine, so education, training, and credentialing have become an area of national interest. The purpose of this article was to provide information on the organization, basic requirements for training, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities within the specialty.
Topics: Career Choice; Certification; Fellowships and Scholarships; Humans; Internship and Residency; Periodicals as Topic; Societies, Medical; Surgery, Plastic; United States
PubMed: 20113706
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.007 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Feb 2016
Topics: Budgets; Internship and Residency; Surgery, Plastic; United States
PubMed: 26731589
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002118 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Mar 2022Historically, the traditional pathways into plastic surgery required board eligibility in a surgical specialty such as general surgery, orthopedics, urology,...
Historically, the traditional pathways into plastic surgery required board eligibility in a surgical specialty such as general surgery, orthopedics, urology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, or ophthalmology. This requirement resulted in plastic surgery residents who had served as chief residents before plastic surgery training. Their maturity emotionally and surgically allowed them to immediately concentrate on the new language and principles of plastic surgery. They had led others and were capable of leading themselves in a new surgical discipline. Today, medical students typically match into surgical specialties directly out of medical school and need to spend their time learning basic surgical skills and patient care because of the contracted time afforded to them. Formal leadership training has historically been limited in surgical training. The authors set out to delineate the creation, implementation, and perceptions of a leadership program within a surgical residency and provide guideposts for the development of engaged, conscious, and dedicated leaders within the residencies they lead.
Topics: Curriculum; Humans; Internship and Residency; Leadership; Pennsylvania; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 35196699
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008853 -
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Apr 2008
Topics: Forecasting; Surgery Department, Hospital; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 18349674
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000305560.84388.04 -
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Jan 2019I look back at my decades in the field of plastic and reconstructive and craniofacial surgery, knowing I was the driving force behind its inception in Japan. However,...
I look back at my decades in the field of plastic and reconstructive and craniofacial surgery, knowing I was the driving force behind its inception in Japan. However, behind me in turn, supporting me, teaching me, and encouraging me during my formative plastic surgery years in the United States and Europe have been many of the true giants in this field, and I will always accord them my total respect and deepest gratitude. Without their knowledge and technique, which they selflessly taught me and my peers, I would certainly never have been able to accomplish so much in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, and in particular, craniofacial surgery.
Topics: History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Japan; Plastic Surgery Procedures; Simulation Training; Societies, Medical; Surgery, Plastic; United States
PubMed: 30358752
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004839 -
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive &... Aug 2019
Topics: Art; History, 20th Century; Humans; Surgery, Plastic
PubMed: 30987928
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2019.03.026