Background The COVID-19 pandemic has upended graduate medical education globally.
We investigated the COVID-19 impact on learning inputs and expected learning outputs of …

Introduction No investigation of each nation's contribution to knowledge production and
human capital in surgery currently exists. Previous studies explored country-level research …

Introduction COVID-19 generated a system-wide shock causing an unbalanced equilibrium
between producing adequately trained physicians and meeting extraordinary operational …

Background For the young plastic surgeon, the quantity of first-author peer-reviewed
publications plays a prominent role in job offers and promotions. Women surgeons carry a …

Background Recent data highlight the internet's pivotal role as the primary information
source for patients. In this study, we emulate a patient's/caregiver's quest for online …

Introduction Candidate selection for cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) training programs is
challenging. The recent pandemic has impacted a program's ability to meet matriculants in …

Background: There is a trend toward matching in a different region than previous training for
the independent plastic surgery match cycles from 2019 to 2021, which differs from the trend …

We carefully read the article by Ngaage et al titled “Article factors influencing gender
disparities in senior authorship of plastic surgery publications.” 1 Their retrospective …

BACKGROUND The Internet has become the primary information source for patients, with
most turning to online resources before seeking medical advice. OBJECTIVE The aim of this …

The alarm of women under-representation in surgery has been going off for decades. 1
Even in plastic surgery, wome n have been under-represented among researchers, faculty …