Cosmetic surgery training in plastic surgery residency programs in the United States: How have we progressed in the last three years?

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-455

  Oni, Georgette ^a   Ahmad, Jamil ^b   Zins, James E ^c   Kenkel, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aesthetic surgery training; cosmetic surgery training; cosmetic surveys; plastic surgery resident training

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST REDUCTION; CAREER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955849931     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11404551     Document Type: Article

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