Status of microsurgical simulation training in plastic surgery a survey of United States program directors

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 713-716

  Al Bustani, Saif ^a   Halvorson, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Microvascular surgery; Simulation; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MICROSURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION TRAINING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; SIMULATION TRAINING; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944346134     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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