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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2014; 41(03): 213-217
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2014.41.3.213
Topic: Microsurgery Trainings

Development of a Five-Day Basic Microsurgery Simulation Training Course: A Cost Analysis

Masha Singh
Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
,
Natalia Ziolkowski
Department of General, Vascular and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
,
Savitha Ramachandran
Department of Plastic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
,
Simon R Myers
Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
,
Ali Mahmoud Ghanem
Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK
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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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Cost and cost analysis - Education - Microsurgery


Publication History

Received: 23 January 2013

Accepted: 26 March 2013

Article published online:
02 May 2022

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