Microsurgical education in the USA: Past, present and future
https://doi.org/10.52581/1814-1471/76/1
Abstract
Microsurgery is a demanding surgical skillset which requires attention to detail and repeated practice to succeed. Microsurgery courses around the globe allow students to learn through performing a variety of technical exercises. Microsurgery education dates back to the late 1960s with notable instructors, Harry J. Buncke and Robert Acland. Currently, many microsurgery courses are available that share commonalities, and some important structural differences have been demonstrated to differentially affect student progression and competence. Multiple available training programs as well as the advancement of supermicrosurgery training is listed and described.
The microsurgery training course at Columbia University’s New York Presbyterian Irving Medical Center led by Drs. Ronsenwasser, Strauch and Akelina provides students with expert instruction through a punctilious training curriculum. By imparting these techniques to the students, trainees’s progression markedly improves relative to alternative microsurgery courses that do not incorporate expert instruction. The Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in the development of a virtual microsurgery training program at the lab which focuses on building the foundation of basic skills for trainees unable to travel or receive adequate education.
About the Authors
K. H. Park
Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Rutgers University
United States
United States
Katherine H. Park, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Department of Biomedical Engineering
New York
New Brunswick, New Jersey
G. Romero
Columbia University Irving Medical Center; International American University
United States
United States
Gessel Romero, BS, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Department of Medicine
New York
J. Paladino
Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
United States
United States
Joseph Paladino, BS, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Department of Orthopedics
New York
J. Daou
Columbia University Irving Medical Center; International American University
United States
United States
Jonathan Daou, BS, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Department of Medicine
New York
Y. Akelina
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
United States
United States
Yelena Akelina, DVM, MSc, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
New York
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Park K.H., Romero G., Paladino J., Daou J., Akelina Y. Microsurgical education in the USA: Past, present and future. Issues of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery. 2021;24(1):9-18. https://doi.org/10.52581/1814-1471/76/1
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