The Rural Plastic Surgery Residency Rotation

The Rural Plastic Surgery Residency Rotation: Rising to Meet a National Crisis

Cosmetic Surgery Training in Plastic Surgery Residency Programs

BACKGROUND Over the past decade, plastic surgery programs have continued to evolve with the addition of 1 year of training, increase in the minimum number of required aesthetic cases, and the gradual replacement of independent positions with integrated ones. To evaluate the impact of these changes on aesthetic training, a survey was sent to residents and program directors. METHODS A 37 questi...

The Present Status of Global Mission Trips in Plastic Surgery Residency Programs.

OBJECTIVE The present status of global mission trips of all of the academic Plastic Surgery programs was surveyed. We aimed to provide information and guidelines for other interested programs on creating a global health elective in compliance with American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee (ACGME/RRC) requirements...

Abstract: The Evolution of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Plastic Surgery Residency Programs

of all patients having surgery on the pediatric plastic surgery service during two separate 3-month blocks bridged by a transition period for intervention implementation. In the pre-intervention group, resident reporting of complications was consistent with current practices at our institution where the chief resident on service reports complications prior to bi-monthly M&M conferences. Divisio...

Influence of a rural family medicine rotation on residency selection: MS3 versus MS4.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many family medicine educators feel that a required clinical rotation in family medicine has a positive influence on medical students' selection of family medicine residencies. We investigated the effect of a rural family medicine rotation on students' residency choices and examined the differences between a third-year and a fourth-year rotation. METHODS We surveyed ...