Career development resource for plastic and reconstructive surgery

• Published in: The American journal of surgery Vol. 199; no. 2; pp. 271 - 274
• Main Authors: Walden, Jennifer L., M.D., F.A.C.S, Phillips, Linda G., M.D., F.A.C.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2010; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Accreditation; Aesthetic surgery training; American Board of Plastic Surgery; Bone surgery; Breast; Candidates; Career Choice; Careers; Certification; Committees; Cosmetic surgery training; Fellowships and Scholarships; Hand surgery; Health education; Humans; Internship and Residency; Medical school libraries; Meetings; Microsurgery; Periodicals as Topic; Physicians; Plastic and reconstructive surgery; Plastic surgery; Plastic surgery residency; Professional development; Reconstructive surgery; Scholarships & fellowships; Societies, Medical; Students; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgery, Plastic - education; Surgery, Plastic - organization & administration; Surgery, Plastic - standards; Training; United States; Websites; Wound healing; United States; Plastic surgery residency; Cosmetic surgery training; Plastic and reconstructive surgery; Aesthetic surgery training; American Board of Plastic Surgery
• ISSN: 0002-9610; 1879-1883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.007

Abstract 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.