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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery2011

Maintenance of Certification, maintenance of public trust.

Kevin C Chung, Philip J Clapham, Donald H Lalonde

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Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Patient and public involvement in medical performance processes: A systematic review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019
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  4. Lifelong Learning for the Hand Surgeon.The Journal of hand surgery · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kevin C ChungAnn Arbor, Mich.; and Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Health System; and Plastic Surgery, Dalhousie University.
Philip J Clapham
Donald H Lalonde

Funding

Evidence-Based Research in Hand SurgeryK24AR053120 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2008 to 2018
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR053120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Maintenance of Certification program has been well received by many physicians but has faced significant opposition from others who complain that it is overly tedious, costly, and irrelevant to their practice. This article offers a consolidated and concise history of the program and a summary of what plastic surgeons need to know to successfully complete the American Board of Plastic Surgery's own Maintenance of Certification requirements. The authors have justified each step of the board's Maintenance of Certification process in terms of how it improves the quality of care delivered to plastic surgery patients. Finally, a summary of research is presented that demonstrates both that the public supports the maintenance of certification process for all physicians and that continuing education and formal assessment and improvement initiatives have been linked in multiple studies to a better and more evidence-based medical practice.

Indexed as

CertificationClinical CompetenceGuidelines as TopicHistory, 21st CenturyHumansNational Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine DivisionQuality of Health CareSurgery, PlasticUnited States

Identifiers

PMID21285803
PMCPMC3064256

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