Summary
One of the challenges facing our profession is the adequate training of plastic surgeons
in the subspeciality of aesthetic surgery, in addition to covering the rest of the
large curriculum. The UK's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, has
recently called for better training for doctors, better information for patients,
and a touger regulatory structure for private cosmetic surgery. In this study, we
show that the training of cosmetic procedures in our unit has risen steadily over
the 6 year period studied. As part of our committment to improving training, our unit
has recently organised a 3 month block soely dedicated to aesthetic surgery, allowing
increasing exposure to cosmetic clinics and theatre sessions. It is clear that as
a group, we must continue to develop robust training schemes to produce plastic surgeons
able to cope with the demands of 21st Century healthcare, and ensure that the public
does not fall prey to practitioners in unregulated clinics.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 22, 2007
Accepted:
November 7,
2006
Received:
June 1,
2006
Identification
Copyright
© 2006 Published by Elsevier Inc.
