A role delineation study of hand surgery in the USA: assessing variations in fellowship training and clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined the fellowship experience of hand surgeons in the USA to identify gaps and variations in exposure to essential skills and knowledge during hand fellowship.

Methods

We conducted a web-based survey of the entire American Society for Surgery of the Hand and American Association for Hand Surgery membership. We inquired about the level of exposure received to 170 knowledge topics and procedures during fellowship. We used factor analysis to group the knowledge topics and procedures into 79 scales of related items and calculated mean exposure ratings for each scale. We compared the ratings between graduates of plastic surgery (PS) and orthopedic surgery (OS) Residency Review Committee (RRC)-accredited fellowships.

Results

Our response rate was 21 % (n 

SUBMITTER: Aliu O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3928391 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature