title: Career development resource for plastic and reconstructive surgery.
abstract: Plastic surgery is a broad-based discipline with emphasis on areas such as breast, craniomaxillofacial, burn, aesthetic, and hand surgery as well as complex wounds and wound healing. Plastic surgery as a specialty captures a great deal of media attention over many other fields of medicine, so education, training, and credentialing have become an area of national interest. The purpose of this article was to provide information on the organization, basic requirements for training, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities within the specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, 50 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. drjenniferwalden@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Walden
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D002568:Certification; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States