Abstract
A task force for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) recently investigated the practice patterns, board certification, subspecialty certification status, and ASSH membership of hand surgeons after completion of fellowship training. A total of 37% of the fellowship graduates from 2000 to 2006 had not attained subspecialty certification for a variety of reasons. A smaller group of fellowship graduates obtained the subspecialty certification but had not become Active Members of the ASSH. Efforts to strengthen the hand surgeon community and best serve our patients should focus on evolving patterns in post fellowship choices that reflect practice type choices and generational changes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 330-334 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Hand Surgery |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Certification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand
- Hand surgery
- board certification
- fellowship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine