title: Development of a five-day basic microsurgery simulation training course: a cost analysis.
abstract: The widespread use of microsurgery in numerous surgical fields has increased the need for basic microsurgical training outside of the operating room. The traditional start of microsurgical training has been in undertaking a 5-day basic microsurgery course. In an era characterised by financial constraints in academic and healthcare institutions as well as increasing emphasis on patient safety, there has been a shift in microsurgery training to simulation environments. This paper reviews the stepwise framework of microsurgical skill acquisition providing a cost analysis of basic microsurgery courses in order to aid planning and dissemination of microsurgical training worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Masha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Vascular and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ziolkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Savitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.affiliation: Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Simon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Academic Plastic Surgery Group, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Blizard Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ali Mahmoud
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ghanem
keywords: Cost and cost analysis; Education; Microsurgery