Development of an Operative Performance Rating System for Plastic Surgery Residents

Abstract P16. Trends in Operative Performance for Independent and Integrated Plastic Surgery Residents: How Soon Do Independent Residents Catch Up?

RESULTS: 50 patients had adequate photographic documentation for inclusion in the study. 44% of patients were classified as Veau I (mean cleft width [MW] 5.4 mm), 28% Veau II (MW 8.9 mm), 16% Veau III (MW 11.3 mm), and 12% Veau IV (MW 10.0 mm). No patients exhibited postoperative bleeding, dehiscence, airway problems, infection, fistula formation, or return to the operating room. We found that ...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Plastic Surgery Resident Operative Performance Trends: How Soon Do Independent Residents Catch Up?

Quality Improvement for Plastic Surgery Residents: Curriculum Development

1 SummaRy The ACGME has mandated resident involvement in quality improvement (QI) projects without further guidance as to how this should be done. Academic teaching faculty are well versed in the scientific method, but may be less familiar with QI practices. QI differs from traditional science in that there is no hypothesis, rather investigations start from data, determining a baseline and cond...

Burnout among plastic surgery residents

OBJECTIVES To develop a more comprehensive explanation and understanding of the prevalence of and factors associated with burnout for residents of the Saudi Plastic Surgery Residency Program.  Methods: This is a cross sectional study. Data was gathered using a survey, which was distributed during April 2015, among all 57 plastic surgery residents enrolled in training programs across all regions...