Table 3.

Attributes of UK plastic surgery units that were perceived by respondents as being good at training or poor at training.

Attributes of good training units	Attributes of poor training units
Supportive consultants and positive team atmosphere	Lacking support and mentorship from the consultant body
Autonomy to make decisions	Lack of autonomy
Regular protected teaching	Lack of protected teaching
Access to teaching facilities such as a microsurgery wet lab	More time spent providing service provision rather than training
Broad range of subspecialty exposure	Low volume unit for indicative procedures
Positive team atmosphere	Negative team atmosphere
	Rota gaps and staff shortages