Table 1: Table demonstrating the perceived importance, rate of uptake, in addition to the mean, overall and median rankings of a selection of extra-clinical training courses. The importance was ranked on a five point Likert scale, where scores of 4 or 5 indicated participants perceived the course to be important to plastic surgery training.
| Course | Ranked as important % of respondents | Rate of uptake % of respondents | Mean rank (Standard deviation) | Overall rank | Median rank (Interquartile range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsurgery | 100 | 81 | 4.83 (0.38) | 1 | 5 (5 - 5) |
| Flap dissection | 97 | 78 | 4.69 (0.52) | 2 | 5 (4 - 5) |
| Fracture fixation | 86 | 72 | 4.31 (0.79) | 3 | 4 (4 - 5) |
| EMSB | 81 | 58 | 4.25 (0.97) | 4 | 5 (4 - 5) |
| Anatomy | 81 | 81 | 3.97 (0.88) | 7 | 4 (4 - 4.75) |
| Educational | 78 | 89 | 4.19 (0.86) | 5 | 4 (4 - 5) |
| Breast | 75 | 11 | 3.97 (0.84) | 7 | 4 (3.25 - 5) |
| ATLS | 75 | 83 | 4.11 (0.92) | 6 | 4 (3.25 - 5) |
| Basic skills: Hand surgery | 72 | 44 | 3.92 (0.97) | 9 | 4 (3 - 5) |
| Facial trauma | 69 | 0 | 3.75 (0.73) | 11 | 4 (3 - 4) |
| Basic skills: Plastic surgery | 67 | 56 | 3.86 (0.99) | 10 | 4 (3 - 5) |
| Cleft and craniofacial | 61 | 8 | 3.69 (0.79) | 13 | 4 (3 - 4) |
| Aesthetics | 58 | 11 | 3.72 (0.91) | 12 | 4 (3 - 4) |
| Laser | 42 | 8 | 3.28 (0.88) | 14 | 3 (3 - 4) |
| CCrISP | 31 | 36 | 3.22 (1.02) | 15 | 3 (3 - 4) |
| Diploma in burns | 31 | 0 | 3.17 (1.00) | 16 | 3 (3 - 4) |
| PALS | 25 | 6 | 2.78 (1.10) | 18 | 3 (2 - 3.75) |
| Diploma in management | 19 | 8 | 2.81 (-1.01) | 17 | 3 (2 - 3) |
EMSB: Emergency Management of Severe Burns; Anatomy: Anatomical Dissection Courses; Educational: BAPRAS & BSSH Advanced Educational Seminars; Breast: Breast Reconstruction; ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support; CCrISP: Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient; PALS: Paediatric Advanced Life Support.