An American society for surgery of the hand (ASSH) task force report on hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership

Charles A. Goldfarb; W. P. Andrew Lee; Dawn Briskey; James P. Higgins

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.10.017

An American society for surgery of the hand (ASSH) task force report on hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership

Charles A. Goldfarb, W. P. Andrew Lee, Dawn Briskey, James P. Higgins

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Abstract

A task force for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) recently investigated the practice patterns, board certification, subspecialty certification status, and ASSH membership of hand surgeons after completion of fellowship training. A total of 37% of the fellowship graduates from 2000 to 2006 had not attained subspecialty certification for a variety of reasons. A smaller group of fellowship graduates obtained the subspecialty certification but had not become Active Members of the ASSH. Efforts to strengthen the hand surgeon community and best serve our patients should focus on evolving patterns in post fellowship choices that reflect practice type choices and generational changes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	330-334
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.10.017
State	Published - Feb 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Certification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand
Hand surgery
board certification
fellowship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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An American society for surgery of the hand (ASSH) task force report on hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership

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