OBJECTIVE The undergraduate medical curriculum has been overcrowded with core learning outcomes with no formal exposure to plastic surgery. The aim of this study was to compare medical students from two educational settings for the basic understanding, preferred learning method, and factors influencing a career choice in plastic surgery. DESIGN AND SETTING A prospective cohort study based on ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the geographic and temporal trends in cosmetic facial plastic surgery procedure costs and frequency during the last decade and to evaluate factors that may influence changes in the demand for cosmetic procedures. METHODS A survey sent to every (N = 1727) active fellow, member, or associate of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery assessing the...

Achieving a level of technical skill and confidence in surgical operations is the main goal of plastic surgical training. Operating rooms were accepted as the practical teaching venues of the traditional apprenticeship model. However, increased patient population, time, and ethical and legal considerations made preoperation room practical work a must for plastic surgical training. There are sev...

BACKGROUND Exposure to plastic surgery during medical school is limited. Most interested applicants form their perceptions of careers in this surgical specialty during elective rotations. OBJECTIVE To investigate the perceptions of Canadian medical students considering a career in plastic surgery. The results obtained were then compared with current Canadian plastic surgery residents' percept...

In this study, the impacts of co-pyrolyzing wood-based biomass from Ficus benghalensis with PET on liquid oil output, reactivity, and heating values were investigated. The effects temperature product distribution individual pyrolysis biomass-plastic ratio co-pyrolysis For pyrolysis, a maximum amount 40.8 wt (%) was obtained at 450°C. On other hand, 59.5 500°C. experiments conducted by blending ...

The United States generates the most plastic waste of any country and is a top contributor to global pollution. Multiple end-of-life strategies must be implemented minimize environmental impacts retain valuable material, but it challenging compare options that generate products with different lifetimes utilities. Herein, they present material flow model equipped consequential life cycle assessm...

Currently, the resources of fossil fuels, such as crude oil, natural gas, and coal, are depleting day by due to increasing energy demands. Nowadays, plastic items have witnessed a substantial surge in manufacturing their wide range applications low cost. Therefore, amount waste is rapidly. Hence, proper management wastes for sustainable technologies need hour. Chemical recycling based on pyroly...

INTRODUCTION Relative value units (RVUs) were developed as a quantifier of requisite training, knowledge, and technical expertise for performing various procedures. In select procedures, increasing RVUs have been shown to substitute well for increasing surgical complexity and have been linked to greater risk of complications. The relationship of RVU to outcomes has yet to be examined in the pla...

Background. The goals of this project were to evaluate the current perspective on letters of recommendation and to assess the need for, and acceptance of, a more standardized letter of recommendation (LOR). Methods. An eight-question survey was distributed to plastic surgery program directors. A five-point Likert scale was selected as a means of quantifying the participants' responses to the su...