Training Hospitals:
This programme aims to provide a very high quality of Plastic Surgery training. The training programme is 6 years. The trainees rotate twice a year on the 1st April and 1st October but there is some flexibility.
The specialty of plastic and reconstructive surgery is that branch of surgery concerned with the restoration of normal form and function. It is a varied specialty involving adults and children and encompassing a wide range of conditions affecting different parts of the body.
Nowadays most consultants in the UK have a particular area of special interest within plastic surgery although nearly all also take part in an on-call rota dealing with emergency admissions.
One of the most interesting and fulfilling aspects of the specialty is the frequency with which plastic surgeons work with surgeons from other specialties such as general surgery, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, and maxillofacial surgery. In these cases the reconstructive techniques that plastic surgeons have at their disposal are particularly useful.
The specialty is also closely associated with aesthetic surgery where body parts are surgically altered to bring about an improvement in appearance.
Further information on training in Plastic Surgery is available from the ISCP website: http://www.iscp.ac.uk