Toward Competency-Based Training: To What Extent Are We Competency-Based?

Background: Time-based training models in plastic surgery vary in exposure, resulting in low confidence levels among graduates. The evolution of postgraduate medical education into a competency-based model to address these issues requires an understanding of interventions described in the plastic surgery literature to identify gaps and guide creation of assessments to demonstrate competence. Methods: A systematic search of the MEDLINE, Embase,...