Variability in Resident Operative Hand Experience by Specialty.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Recent attention has sought to standardize hand surgery training in the United States. This study analyzes the variability in operative hand experience for orthopedic and general surgery residents. METHODS:Case logs for orthopedic and general surgery residency graduates were obtained from the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (2006-2007 to 2014-2015). Plastic surgery case logs were not available for comparison. Hand surgery case volumes were compared between specialties with parametric tests. Intraspecialty variation in orthopedic surgery was assessed between the bottom and top 10th percentiles in procedure categories. RESULTS:Case logs for 9605 general surgery residents and 5911 orthopedic surgery residents were analyzed. Orthopedic surgery residents performed a gr

SUBMITTER: Silvestre J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5755855 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature