Sayegh Farah, Perdikis Galen, Eaves Monte, Taub Dylan, Glassman Gabriella E, Taub Peter J
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States.
JPRAS Open. 2020 Dec 10;27:99-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2020.12.002. eCollection 2021 Mar.
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the website pages of integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery resident aesthetic clinics in the United States.
Website pages dedicated to resident aesthetic clinics in all integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency programs ( = 79) were accessed between October and November 2019 and evaluated across several criteria, including: number of pages, procedures offered, faculty participation, respective prices, patient photographs, patient testimonials, contact information, and specific recruitment incentives.
Seventy-nine integrated and 54 independent residency programs were identified, 31 of which had both an integrated and an independent residency program for a total of 102 distinct programs. Out of these, only 11 programs (10.8%) had a webpage dedicated to their resident aesthetic clinic (Figure 1). Twelve other programs (13.7%) that did not have a dedicated webpage mentioned a resident aesthetic clinic elsewhere on their residency program website. For each of the eleven programs with space for the resident aesthetic clinic, there was exactly one dedicated webpage. None of the programs with dedicated webpages included photographs of before and after cases, nor procedures performed, nor a listing of resident aesthetic clinic prices. Three of the dedicated webpages included information about faculty participation. Out of the 24 ASAPS endorsed aesthetic fellowship programs, 6 (25%) had a webpage dedicated to the fellow aesthetic clinic. Four of these webpages were comprised of a single webpage, while one program had 6 webpages and one program had 8 webpages. Only one program's webpage included before and after pictures. Four programs (16.7%) included information about faculty participation on the webpage. Five out of the 6 programs had a procedure list on the webpage.
Resident aesthetic clinic websites are an important tool in recruiting patients as well as medical students. Addressing the lack and quality of such websites may improve recruitment of patients and students to plastic and reconstructive surgery residency programs. As a primary source of information for potential future residents and patients, plastic and reconstructive surgery programs need to maximize the content and utility of their websites.
本研究的目的是评估美国整形外科和重建外科住院医师美容诊所的网页。
2019年10月至11月期间，访问了所有整形外科和重建外科住院医师培训项目（n = 79）中专门用于住院医师美容诊所的网页，并根据多个标准进行评估，包括：页面数量、提供的手术项目、教员参与情况、各自的价格、患者照片、患者评价、联系信息以及特定的招募激励措施。
确定了79个综合培训项目和54个独立培训项目，其中31个项目既有综合培训项目又有独立培训项目，共计102个不同的项目。其中，只有11个项目（10.8%）有专门用于其住院医师美容诊所的网页（图1）。另外12个项目（13.7%）没有专门的网页，但在其住院医师培训项目网站的其他地方提到了住院医师美容诊所。对于有住院医师美容诊所页面空间的11个项目中的每一个，都恰好有一个专门的网页。有专门网页的项目中，没有一个包括前后病例照片、所进行的手术项目或住院医师美容诊所价格列表。三个专门网页包含了教员参与情况的信息。在24个美国美容整形外科学会认可的美容专科培训项目中，6个（25%）有专门用于专科住院医师美容诊所的网页。这些网页中有4个由单个网页组成，一个项目有6个网页，一个项目有8个网页。只有一个项目的网页包含前后照片。4个项目（16.7%）在网页上包含了教员参与情况的信息。6个项目中的5个在网页上有手术项目列表。
住院医师美容诊所网站是招募患者以及医学生的重要工具。解决此类网站的不足和质量问题可能会改善整形外科和重建外科住院医师培训项目对患者和学生的招募。作为未来潜在住院医师和患者的主要信息来源，整形外科和重建外科项目需要最大限度地提高其网站的内容和实用性。
