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.