Hand Surgery Scope of Practice Questionnaire for ACAPS
1) In what specialty or specialties are you board certified/board eligible (select all that apply)?
a) General surgery
b) ENT
c) Orthopedic surgery
d) Plastic Surgery
e) Surgery of the Hand
f) Other – please specify __________________
2) Are you a department or division of Plastic Surgery?
a) Department
b) Division
3) How many faculty members are in your department/division?
a) 2-3
b) 4-5
c) 6-7
d) 8-9
e) 10 or more
4) How many hand trained surgeons are in your department/division (with CAQ/SOTH)?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) 4 or more
5) How many elective hand surgeries does your department/division do in an average week (include any
peripheral nerve of the upper extremity)?
a) 0-5 cases
b) 6-10
c) 11-20
d) > 20
6) What types of residents rotate on your service?
a) Plastic surgery
b) ENT
c) Orthopedic Surgery
d) General surgery
e) Other (please specify) _________________
7) Does your institution have an integrated/combined upper extremity service?
a) Yes
b) No
7.1) If yes to 7, who is the director of the service
a) An orthopedist
b) A plastic Surgeon
c) Shared/alternating
7.2) If yes to 7, what attendings participate?
a) All
b) Some (what criteria determine this) (free text)
7.3) If yes to 7, what residents/fellows participate?
a) All plastic surgery residents/fellows
b) Varies by rotation
c) Varies by year of training
d) Other- please specify (free text)
8) Does any attending in your plastic surgery service take hand surgery call?
a) No
b) Yes, all attendings and we take all hand call
c) Yes, all attendings and we share hand call with orthopedics
d) Yes, some attendings and we take all hand call
e) Yes, some attendings and we share call with orthopedics
9) Is the ‘first call’ for your hand surgery team required to be in the hospital at all times?
a) Yes
b) No
10) Do you perform replants at your hospital?
a) No, we send these out
b) No, we would, but none come to us
c) Yes, we do all the replants
d) Yes, replant call shared with orthopedics
11) When you take hand call, do you cover any of the following (select all that apply)
a) Infections of the hand
b) Infections of the wrist
c) Infections of the forearm
d) Infections of the elbow
e) Soft tissue injuries of the hand
f) Soft tissue injuries of the wrist
g) Soft tissue injuries of the forearm
h) Hand fractures/dislocations
i) Carpal fracture/dislocations
j) Distal radius fractures/dislocations
k) Forearm fractures
12) Do you have a hand fellowship program?
a) None at my institution
b) No, but orthopedics has one
c) Yes, combined with orthopedics
d) Yes, separate, orthopedics has its own fellowship
e) Yes, separate, orthopedics does not have a fellowship
13) What is your department/division’s relationship with orthopedics hand surgery?
a) Collaborative (e.g. shared conferences, cross-cover of call, research)
b) Civil (may include some items above)
c) Hostile (compete for cases, one service may attempt to “dump” less desirable cases on the other)
d) Non-existent
e) Other – please describe ____________________________________________
14) How does your plastic surgery division/department define hand surgery (free response)?
15) What does hand surgery include in its scope of practice (free response)?