Tools to Increase Resident Aesthetic Clinic Volume
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Tools to Increase Resident Aesthetic Clinic Volume Colin G. White-Dzuro1 • Gabriella E. Glassman2 • Elizabeth S. Lee3 • Brian C. Drolet3,4 • Antonio J. Forte5 • Galen Perdikis3 • Salam Al Kassis3
Received: 24 August 2020 / Accepted: 11 October 2020 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2020
Abstract Introduction Resident Aesthetic Clinics (RACs) are an important element for training in plastic surgery residency programs. RACs provide increased exposure to aesthetic surgery as well as greater autonomy in clinical decision making. In an effort to increase RAC volume and thereby enhance resident education, we made two important changes to our operations. First, we reduced the resident surgeons’ fees by 75%, and second, we began utilizing social media to promote our residency program and their involvement in aesthetic surgery. Methods Total RAC cases were queried using a RAC specific billing code and individual chief resident case logs for quality control. To generate an accurate timeframe, cases and procedures were compared from 18 months before and after the implemented changes. Results We found that the number of cases and procedures increased by 135% and 255%, respectively. The five most commonly performed procedures were liposuction,
& Colin G. White-Dzuro [email protected] 1
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Florida State University College of Medicine, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Department of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
augmentation mammoplasty, abdominoplasty, mastopexy, and rhytidectomy. Conclusion By both reducing the resident surgeons’ fee and promoting the RAC on social media, we have demonstrated a pronounced increase in both cases and procedures performed by residents. As other institutions seek to increase resident exposure to aesthetic surgery, they may consider similar changes to these. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors: www.springer.com/00266.‘‘ Keywords Aesthetic Residency Training Social media
Introduction Resident Aesthetic Clinics (RACs) serve a vital role in plastic surgery training programs. From an educational standpoint, RACs allow chief residents (residents in their final year of training) the opportunity for increased decision-making, autonomy, and patient management in both the clinical and operating room setting, all while ensuring patient safety through faculty oversight [1]. In addition, RACs typically offer aesthetic surgery at a more
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