How to attract our future? - Perception of plastic surgery among medical students. (May 2023)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- How to attract our future? - Perception of plastic surgery among medical students. (May 2023)
- Main Title:
- How to attract our future? - Perception of plastic surgery among medical students
- Authors:
- Odenthal, Jan
Knoedler, Leonard
Oezdemir, Berkin
Prantl, Lukas
Machens, Hans-Guenther
Broer, P. Niclas
von Isenburg, Sarah
Rieger, Ulrich M.
Kauke, Martin
Panayi, Adriana C.
Knoedler, Samuel - Abstract:
- Abstract: Background: There is a mounting body of evidence that underscores the worldwide and US national need for increased plastic surgery recruitment of trainees. Thus, plastic surgery must attract more applicants while maintaining the high-level qualifications of residency candidates. Methods: A total of 250 (w = 197) medical students rated the prototypical plastic surgeon (PS), general practitioner (GP), and craniomaxillofacial surgeon (CMF) with respect to traits derived from a literature review on the general perception of surgery, favorability, and their intention to pursue a respective career. Results: Factor analysis yielded two overarching dimensions of prototype perception in addition to femininity and resilience, one reflecting a coldhearted, narcissistic, competitive character ( status primacy; SP), and one reflecting role-model-like traits (hard-working, healthy, admired, and empathetic). Prototypical PSs scored significantly higher on SP than GPs (t(249) = 18.72, p < 0.001, d = 1.26) and CMFs (t(249) = 5.73, p < 0.001, d = 0.36), while receiving significantly less positive evaluations (GP: t(249) = -9.93, p < 0.001, d = -0.63; CMF: t(249) = -3.52, p < 0.001, d = -0.22). The higher participants rated PSs on SP, the more likely a career in plastic surgery was excluded (OR = 0.71, p = 0.03). An opposite relationship with femininity approached significance (OR = 1.32, p = 0.06). Conclusions: Given the growing need for PSs, worldwide and US national task fieldsAbstract: Background: There is a mounting body of evidence that underscores the worldwide and US national need for increased plastic surgery recruitment of trainees. Thus, plastic surgery must attract more applicants while maintaining the high-level qualifications of residency candidates. Methods: A total of 250 (w = 197) medical students rated the prototypical plastic surgeon (PS), general practitioner (GP), and craniomaxillofacial surgeon (CMF) with respect to traits derived from a literature review on the general perception of surgery, favorability, and their intention to pursue a respective career. Results: Factor analysis yielded two overarching dimensions of prototype perception in addition to femininity and resilience, one reflecting a coldhearted, narcissistic, competitive character ( status primacy; SP), and one reflecting role-model-like traits (hard-working, healthy, admired, and empathetic). Prototypical PSs scored significantly higher on SP than GPs (t(249) = 18.72, p < 0.001, d = 1.26) and CMFs (t(249) = 5.73, p < 0.001, d = 0.36), while receiving significantly less positive evaluations (GP: t(249) = -9.93, p < 0.001, d = -0.63; CMF: t(249) = -3.52, p < 0.001, d = -0.22). The higher participants rated PSs on SP, the more likely a career in plastic surgery was excluded (OR = 0.71, p = 0.03). An opposite relationship with femininity approached significance (OR = 1.32, p = 0.06). Conclusions: Given the growing need for PSs, worldwide and US national task fields have to overcome the outdated traits and highlight the field's pro-bono engagement. Furthermore, plastic surgery should further expand its leading role in promoting female trainees. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery. Volume 80(2023)
- Journal:
- Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery
- Issue:
- Volume 80(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 80, Issue 2023 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 80
- Issue:
- 2023
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0080-2023-0000
- Page Start:
- 4
- Page End:
- 12
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05
- Subjects:
- Medical student -- Perception -- Residency -- Recruitment -- Gender equality -- Humanitarian mission -- Pro-bono work -- Charitable work
Surgery, Plastic -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals
Surgery, Plastic -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
617.9505 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17486815 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.08.059 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1748-6815
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- Legaldeposit
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