Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Sep 2014
Influence of training institution on academic affiliation and productivity among plastic surgery faculty in the United States.
Educational processes that encourage a career in academic plastic surgery remain unclear. The authors' study aim was to examine the impact of training institution on the pursuit of a career in academic plastic surgery. ⋯ Identification of educational processes that encourage a career in academic practice may improve resident mentorship and resident interest in academic plastic surgery.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Sep 2014
Online patient resources for breast reconstruction: an analysis of readability.
Online resources for health information are commonly used by many patients. The discrepancy between functional health literacy and available patient information is recognized as an important contributor to health disparities. To provide understandable patient information, the National Institutes of Health and the American Medical Association have advised that health literature for patients be written at a sixth-grade reading level. This study identifies the most popular, online, patient-targeted resources for breast reconstruction information, and evaluates readability of these sites in the context of literacy in the United States. ⋯ Online patient resources for breast reconstruction exceed recommended reading levels and are too difficult to be understood by a large portion of the population. Significant variability between sites provides an opportunity to direct patients to appropriate websites for their level of health literacy.