What is it about?
Plastic surgery is a discipline honed by practice. Resident clinics enable trainees to take full advantage of educational opportunities during training. This article describes the observation of increased surgical skills throughout training through work completed through a resident clinic model in plastic surgery.
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Why is it important?
Better surgical education can produce better patient care in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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Surgical education leads to future patient care, so the higher quality of the former begets the higher quality of the latter. This is something we can all appreciate and should strive for, teachers and students alike.
Dr Kristopher M Day
University of Texas at Austin
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This page is a summary of: Progressive Surgical Autonomy in a Plastic Surgery Resident Clinic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, May 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001318.
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