PROGRAM POLICIES
A. Supervision
Faculty are present in-house at all times for surgical cases.
On call faculty are immediately available by beeper or phone 24-hours
daily. All faculty are present at all times during outpatient
office periods assigned to them.
During scheduled operating room time, a faculty member is in the
operating room suite. All cases seen for emergency care are discussed
with the faculty member.
B. Working Hours
The residents' alternate first call every third night so as to
assure time off and a full 24-hour period off each week. They
are backed up by a senior resident who can also assure adequate
rest for the junior residents. Finally, a faculty member is always
on call to back up the residents. We strictly adhere to the 80-hour
work rule.
Evaluation
A. Resident Evaluation
All of the residents are evaluated by all of the faculty at the
end of each rotation.
B. Faculty Evaluation
Residents are asked to complete faculty evaluations after each
rotation. These are submitted anonymously in a web-based system
and collated by the housestaff office to preserve anonymity. Dr.
Phillips uses these to evaluate the faculty on a yearly basis
and counsels them, as needed. This has resulted in greater conference
attendance and call and coverage changes at Shriners Burns Institute.
C. Internal Evaluation of the Program
The entire division (faculty, residents and research staff) yearly
meets for an evaluation of the program in terms of clinical, research,
and educational productivity. This has resulted in addition/deletion
of conferences topics, changed call arrangements, and greater
interchange with laboratory staff on a regular basis.
In addition, the goals and objectives of the Residency Program
are to provide a wide range of educational opportunities to those
trainees pursuing Board qualification in the field of Plastic
Surgery and to provide teaching in the field of Plastic surgery
to medical students, graduate students in other specialties, and
post graduate practicing physicians. Specific objectives to reach
these overall goals include: A) the residents in Plastic Surgery
are able to demonstrate at the end of their educational period
that they are accomplished surgeons; B) that they are able to
demonstrate that they have the proper educational information
by performance on In-service Examinations; C) that they are able
to demonstrate the basic skills in a research laboratory and have
the ability to formulate a research plan; and D) that they have
been evaluated by the faculty and staff and have satisfied that
they are ethical and moral physicians.