Competency versus performance in plastic surgery: navigating through new technologies and medical devices
Salim C Saba1, Salvatore J Pacella, Stephen H Miller
1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California at San Diego, MS 8890, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. mdobke@ucsd.edu
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|October 6, 2012
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to examine how plastic surgeons learn to use novel technology in their practices. In addition, a critical evaluation of current teaching methods as they relate to surgeon competence in these new technologies is discussed.
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