Open AccessThe Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Author(s) -
Mohamed S. AbdelRahman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plastic and reconstructive surgery. global open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 2169-7574
DOI - 10.1097/gox.0000000000000255
Subject(s) - microsurgery , context (archaeology) , medical education , globalization , medicine , psychology , surgery , political science , history , archaeology , law
Summary: Against a background of globalization and medical migration, issues have been raised regarding training outside the clinician’s own context. Fellowship was not commonly used as a career step, or a means of migration, but as a process of professional and personal development. Taking Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Microsurgery Fellowship as the case study, I would like to highlight an example of a long-running successful training program in a special field such as plastic surgery