A Snapshot into the Work of an On-call Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident
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MateRialS and MethOdS A prospective study of all patients requiring a plastic surgery, hand surgery, or oral surgery consult performed by the on-call plastic and reconstructive resident in the 5-month time period from April 1 to September 1, 2015. Consults were compiled into a database including type of consult, ER versus floor consult, hospital the consult was performed at, if a procedure was performed, type of procedure, and current procedural terminology code. These consults and procedures were then converted into RVUs using the standard Medicare conversion rate to quantify the value of a plastic surgery on-call resident.2
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016