Table 3.

Resident Perception of Autonomy and Preparedness

Variable	Number	Percentage
Overall, the autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice
Strongly agree	44	34.9
Somewhat agree	65	51.6
Somewhat disagree	13	10.3
Strongly disagree	4	3.2
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice in aesthetic surgery
Strongly agree	14	11
Somewhat agree	54	42.5
Somewhat disagree	42	33.1
Strongly disagree	17	13.4
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice in hand surgery
Strongly agree	43	33.6
Somewhat agree	55	43
Somewhat disagree	25	19.5
Strongly disagree	5	3.9
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice in pediatrics/craniofacial surgery
Strongly agree	19	15.1
Somewhat agree	47	37.3
Somewhat disagree	36	28.6
Strongly disagree	24	19
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice in microsurgery
Strongly agree	36	28.6
Somewhat agree	56	44.4
Somewhat disagree	27	21.4
Strongly disagree	7	5.6
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice burn reconstructive surgery
Strongly agree	69	55.7
Somewhat agree	46	37.1
Somewhat disagree	6	4.8
Strongly disagree	3	2.4
The autonomy granted to me during residency has adequately prepared me for practice in breast reconstructive surgery
Strongly agree	74	58.2
Somewhat agree	41	32.3
Somewhat disagree	9	7.1
Strongly disagree	3	2.4
On average over the last year, how often did you perform procedures in the operating room with an attending surgeon that was simultaneously supervising multiple operating rooms?
Never	24	18.8
Less than once per month	26	20.3
1–3 times per month	28	21.8
1–3 times per week	26	20.3
3+ times per week	24	18.8