The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of Caterpillars

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 Gu...

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Main Author: Mohamed Abdelrahman, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2015-04-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2015/04000/Article.5.aspx
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-c1135506fc00462fb6ef4d9bae0a72062022-12-21T20:11:55ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742015-04-0134e37610.1097/GOX.000000000000025501720096-201504000-00005The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of CaterpillarsMohamed Abdelrahman, MD0From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan;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.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2015/04000/Article.5.aspx
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The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of Caterpillars
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title The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of Caterpillars
title_full The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of Caterpillars
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title_short The Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Blossom of Caterpillars
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