Credentialing
In the current training year, the mean and median number of major head and neck operations logged by head and neck fellows were 329 and 364, respectively. Fifty of the 61 fellows (82%), who logged any cases to the system, had already passed the 100 major head and neck procedures milestone. The average number of cases of the current fellows was compared to last year graduates in specific categories (Table 1). The majority of ATC program directors viewed their trainee as well prepared for independent practice (31/36, 86%). Additionally, the majority of current ATC fellows felt prepared for both ablative (25/26, 96%) and reconstructive (19/26, 73%) procedures. In the ATC survey of program directors, 43% (16/37) responded as open to consideration of extending the current fellowship by 3 months.