Arch Plast Surg.
2014 May;41(3):213-217. 10.5999/aps.2014.41.3.213.
Development of a Five-Day Basic Microsurgery Simulation Training Course: A Cost Analysis
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- 1Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK. a.ghanem@qmul.ac.uk
- 2Department of General, Vascular and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
- 3Department of Plastic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
- KMID: 2120865
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5999/aps.2014.41.3.213
Abstract
- The widespread use of microsurgery in numerous surgical fields has increased the need for basic microsurgical training outside of the operating room. The traditional start of microsurgical training has been in undertaking a 5-day basic microsurgery course. In an era characterised by financial constraints in academic and healthcare institutions as well as increasing emphasis on patient safety, there has been a shift in microsurgery training to simulation environments. This paper reviews the stepwise framework of microsurgical skill acquisition providing a cost analysis of basic microsurgery courses in order to aid planning and dissemination of microsurgical training worldwide.
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