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An Examiner’s Guide to Professional Plastic Surgery Exams

  • Collective experience of the authors in teaching and applying the practice principles of plastic surgery exceeds 80 years

  • Cases and questions are derived from real time exam scenarios

  • Exam answer guidelines and commentary are provided throughout the book

  • General surgical as well as plastic surgical principles are emphasized

  • Includes a chapter on Anesthesia Principles for the plastic surgeon

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. The Psychology of Exam Performance

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 1-6
  3. Caught in the Spotlight

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 7-16
  4. Knowledge Is Power, Experience Is Key

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 17-27
  5. General Principles

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 29-40
  6. The Art of Writing Exam Answers

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 41-47
  7. Long Clinical Cases

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 49-59
  8. Short Clinical Cases

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 61-68
  9. Scenarios: Surgical Pathology + Operative Surgery

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 69-87
  10. Applied Anatomy

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 89-101
  11. Anaesthesia for Plastic Surgeons

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 103-113
  12. Aesthetic Surgery Principles

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 115-118
  13. Science Principles for Plastic Surgery

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 119-125
  14. The Successful Candidate

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 127-129
  15. The Failed Candidate

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 131-135
  16. For Your Support Team/Family/Friends

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 137-139
  17. Summary and General Advice

    • Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown
    Pages 141-144
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 145-168

About this book

This book serves as a guide for senior trainees preparing for their final professional exams at the end of at least 4 – 5 years of advanced training in an approved plastic and reconstructive surgery training programme.

These exams are extremely challenging and difficult to pass, and a knowledge of plastic surgery alone is not enough. Judgement, discipline and the ability to handle the pressure of the exam interactions are key. The book dissects each segment of the exam and presents the common clinical, anatomical and pathological cases that candidates are likely to encounter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Private Practice, Auckland, New Zealand

    Michael F. Klaassen

  • Former Head of Department, Plastic Surgery Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Earle Brown

About the authors

Michael F. Klaassen FRACS is a former examiner in plastic & reconstructive surgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2000 – 2008) and a consultant plastic surgeon working both in New Zealand and Australia. For the past eight years, he has convened the Auckland FRACS(Plast) Course with Earle Brown FRCS, FRACS, Associate Professor Michael Leung FRACS and Dr Mark Moore AM, FRACS. His special interest is in rehabilitating failed candidates with whom he has an historical bond. There is very little published in this field and this scarcity of resources, was a motivating factor behind this book. 

Earle Brown FRCS, FRACS is a former Head of Plastic Surgery Unit / Clinical Director of Surgery at Middlemore Hospital, in Auckland, New Zealand. He mentored Michael Klaassen from the early 1980s and coached him to eventual success in the final fellowship exams for plastic & reconstructive surgery in 1989. Active in his retirement, Earle has continued as a tutor of computer science for his peer group and has been an enthusiastic member of the faculty for the Auckland FRACS(Plast) Course. He and Klaassen have also published books on the fundamentals of plastic surgery and local flap repair.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Examiner’s Guide to Professional Plastic Surgery Exams

  • Authors: Michael F. Klaassen, Earle Brown

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0689-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0688-4Published: 22 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4480-0Published: 19 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0689-1Published: 03 August 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 168

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plastic Surgery

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Buying options

eBook USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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