Journal article
Comparisons of Procedures Performed in Training vs in Early Practice by Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Vol.31(18), pp.e727-e735
09/15/2023
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00212
PMID: 37531555
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) has maintained an accreditation process of orthopaedic trauma fellowships with various requirements including an annually reviewed list of qualifying trauma cases in the form of American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. The correlation between these established and monitored CPTs and the actual practices of orthopaedic trauma surgeons has not been studied. METHODSAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery part II case logs (trauma subspecialty) (2012 to 2018) were compared with OTA fellowship case logs (2015 to 2019). Case logs from 447 surgeons and 166 trauma fellowship programs were compared. Four CPT code categories were defined: complex trauma (OTA required CPT codes, excluding Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education [ACGME] orthopaedic residency requirements), general trauma (ACGME residency required trauma codes), general orthopaedics (nontrauma ACGME residency requirements), and others (codes not included in residency or trauma fellowship requirements). RESULTSOTA fellows performed a higher median percentage of complex trauma compared with American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery candidates (34% vs. 21%, P < 0.001): Both cohorts performed a similar percentage of general trauma (23%). OTA fellows performed more general orthopaedics (40% vs. 1%, P < 0.001). Several OTA required codes were performed infrequently (0 to 3 during board collection) by most surgeons, and several procedures are being performed that are not included in current CPT code requirements. DISCUSSIONEarly-career traumatologists are performing orthopaedic trauma procedures they were trained on during residency and fellowship, with varying complexity. Trauma fellows perform a higher percentage of complex trauma compared with early-career trauma surgeons. Continued surveillance is necessary such that educational improvements can be made to maximize the quality of trauma fellowship education. LEVEL OF EVIDENCELevel III, therapeutic study. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparisons of Procedures Performed in Training vs in Early Practice by Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons
- Creators
- Justin T Jabara - Regions HospitalNicholas P Gannon - Regions HospitalJ Lawrence Marsh - University of IowaHeather A Vallier - Regions HospitalMai P Nguyen - Regions Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Vol.31(18), pp.e727-e735
- DOI
- 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00212
- PMID
- 37531555
- ISSN
- 1067-151X
- eISSN
- 1940-5480
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/01/2023
- Date published
- 09/15/2023
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984453332502771
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