Burn care experts and burn expertise.
In addressing the sometimes complex problems surrounding burn wounds and their treatments, everyone wants treatment to be provided by an expert. But who is an expert and what constitutes expertise? This article discusses the issues of expertise in the context of burn care and highlights challenges and risks to the maintenance of expertise in the modern clinical environment.
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG5 1PB, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Electronic address: sammyalbenna@doctors.org.uk.
Sammy
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Al-Benna
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG5 1PB, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Ciaran
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O'Boyle
D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation
Burns; Consultants; Expert testimony; Professional competence