A National Survey of Program Director Opinions of Core Competencies and Structure of Hand Surgery Fellowship Training

Sears ED, Larson BP, Chung KC (Univ of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor) J Hand Surg 37A:1971-1977.e7, 2012^§

Abstract

Purpose

We assessed hand surgery program directors’ opinions of essential components of hand surgery training and potential changes in the structure of hand surgery programs.

Methods

We recruited all 74 program directors of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education–accredited hand surgery fellowship programs to participate. We designed a web-based survey to assess program directors’ support for changes in the structure of training programs and to assess opinions of components that are essential for graduates to be proficient. Respondents were asked to rate 9 general areas of practice, 97 knowledge topics, and 172 procedures. Each component was considered essential if 50% or more of respondents thought that graduates must be fully knowledgeable of the topic and be able to perform the procedure at the end of training.

Results

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