@article{8cbe5887af454d708e7a0ce72a21a6c1,
title = "An American society for surgery of the hand (ASSH) task force report on hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership",
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.",
keywords = "American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Certification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand, Hand surgery, board certification, fellowship",
author = "Goldfarb, {Charles A.} and {Andrew Lee}, {W. P.} and Dawn Briskey and Higgins, {James P.}",
note = "Funding Information: In 2012, the ASSH Council created a task force to examine the career choices of surgeons completing hand surgery fellowship training. The impetus for the task force was a concern that a substantial number of hand surgery fellowship graduates were not pursuing hand surgery subspecialty certification and ASSH membership. The task force investigated the practice patterns, board certification, subspecialty certification status, and ASSH membership of hand fellowship graduates. Data were gathered from each hand surgery fellowship program, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), the American Medical Association, and the ASSH. ",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.10.017",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "330--334",
journal = "Journal of Hand Surgery",
issn = "0363-5023",
number = "2",
}