Plastic Surgery Training in Europe

Completed

• Conditions: Plastic Surgery Training

• Registration Number: NCT05070806
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Antwerp

Brief Summary

Survey study to evaluate plastic surgery training in European countries.

Detailed Description

National delegates of 30 European countries - the 27 member countries of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden) and Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom were invited to complete a questionnaire on plastic surgery training.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-20
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Countries of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden) and Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
• Countries must organise plastic surgery training

Exclusion Criteria

• Countries other than member states of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland and United Kingdom
• Countries that do not provide plastic surgery training

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation of trainees	2019-2020	Evaluation of trainees (e.g. number of oral examinations, number of MCQ examinations, number of written examinations, etc)
Organisation of training	2019-2020	Organisation of training (e.g. centralised or decentralised, number of training centres, number of trainees, etc)
Scope of practical training curriculum	2019-2020	Scope of practical training curriculum (e.g. number of clinical rotations, number of surgical procedures, types of surgical procedures, etc)
Scope of theoretical courses	2019-2020	Scope of theoretical courses (e.g. topics that are included in theoretical courses, hours of theoretical courses, etc)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Antwerp University Hospital; 🇧🇪 Edegem, Belgium