2020
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-019-01588-y
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Opioid-Prescribing Practices in Plastic Surgery: A Juxtaposition of Attendings and Trainees

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“…As compared with attendings, junior and senior residents are significantly more likely to prescribe additional opioids to avoid patient phone calls. 45 This is consistent with our previous study that found that plastic surgery trainees in the United States prescribed significantly more opioids than their Canadian counterparts for 7 of 8 procedures surveyed. 3 This identifies a very crucial knowledge gap among surgical residents that the OPE intervention in this study aims to address.…”
Section: Types Of Interventions To Improve Prescribing Behaviorsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…As compared with attendings, junior and senior residents are significantly more likely to prescribe additional opioids to avoid patient phone calls. 45 This is consistent with our previous study that found that plastic surgery trainees in the United States prescribed significantly more opioids than their Canadian counterparts for 7 of 8 procedures surveyed. 3 This identifies a very crucial knowledge gap among surgical residents that the OPE intervention in this study aims to address.…”
Section: Types Of Interventions To Improve Prescribing Behaviorsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…20 The remaining studies focused their provider intervention solely on the dissemination of prescribing guidelines for various operations. [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Furthermore, Joseph et al 45 recently highlighted the need for education on postoperative pain management for plastic surgery trainees. They found that residents across a wide geographical spread of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited plastic surgery residency programs are significantly less comfortable than attendings with prescribing opioid analgesics.…”
Section: Types Of Interventions To Improve Prescribing Behaviormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, the literature is conflicting regarding whether surgical trainees prescribe more or less opioids compared with attendings. 26 , 27 Thus, this was unlikely to contribute to the change in prescribing patterns. Third, we were unable to assess the narcotic prescription refills at outside hospitals.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this, our absolute number of responses is comparable to or greater than most resident-based surveys in the plastic surgery literature. 28 , 54 Furthermore, nonresponder analysis demonstrated that survey participants are a representative sample of eligible participants. ( See document, Supplemental Digital Content 3, which displays the nonresponder analysis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%