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01-02-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Aesthetic Training for Plastic Surgeons: Are Residents Getting Enough?

Authors: Athanasios Papas, Paolo Montemurro, Per Hedén

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Plastic Surgery is one of the most competitive specialties in the field of medicine. However, this specialty has a unique particularity: the difficulties in Aesthetic Surgery training within the residency program. Despite the fact that the full title of the specialty is Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery and that Aesthetic Surgery is a part of the examination syllabus, the actual training in the specific area is limited. One of the solutions to this problem is Fellowships. The first author describes his personal experience with Aesthetic training and how it enhanced his knowledge in the area as well as the status of Fellowships in various training programs.

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Title: Aesthetic Training for Plastic Surgeons: Are Residents Getting Enough?
Authors: Athanasios Papas
Paolo Montemurro
Per Hedén
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-017-0966-0

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