Incorporating Global Health Experience and Research into Plastic Surgery Training

Research, Plastic Surgery, and Archives of Plastic Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Global Health: Let’s Reconstruct Global Surgery

Since the inception of the Lancet Commission in 2013 and consequent prioritization of Global Surgery at the World Health Assembly, international surgical outreach efforts have increased and become more synergistic. Plastic surgeons have been involved in international outreach for decades, and there is now a demand to collaborate and address local need in an innovative way. The aim of this artic...

Incorporating analytical research experience into the undergraduate curriculum.

Chemistry is inherently a laboratory-based discipline. Even historically, where instructors often exclusively demonstrated chemical phenomena to the class, the value and need for students to carry out their own experiments was clearly recognized [1]. As such, practical laboratory work is frequently included as an established part of many modern university chemistry programs [1]. Over the years,...

Abstract: Matching into Plastic Surgery: The Value of Research Fellowships

population. Several risk factors have been associated with the development of CTS including, age, body mass index (BMI), pregnancy, and wrist morphology. A single study has identified sleep position as a causative factor in the development of CTS. Our study evaluates the influence of age on the report of nighttime paresthesias and further examines the relationship between sleep position and rep...

Hand-e and Plastic Surgery Resident Training

H and-e is the electronic online learning platform for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). It began as an idea from a group of young leaders in 2011, with the idea of creating a central repository for all ASSH educational material, including books, journals, videos, webinars and annual meeting content, and free-standing continuing medical education courses, to create a " go to ...