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Understanding the principles and theories that are well recognized in adult learning can have a major impact on learning and teaching today. In an era with much less time with trainees and ever-dwindling experiential learning opportunities, the focus should be on maximizing the efficiency and efficacy of our everyday teaching. By conceptually understanding the myriad of relevant cognitive theories of adult learning, faculty can transform their teaching and the trainees' learning experiences while modeling and teaching the next generation how to invoke these strategies, forever propagating better teaching practices., Competing Interests: Disclosure Dr E.A. Gantwerker works part-time for a medical video game company that engages in continuing medical education (Level Ex, Inc) and is the CEO and founder of an educational technology consulting company (MedEd Innovations, LLC). He is also the vice president of a medical education for a video surgical journal (CSurgeries.com). None of these entities provided any financial support or had any influence, review, or control of any of the content of this article. No financial support or conflicts of interest to declare for Dr G.S. Lee., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

It is important to understand the histology and physiology of skin for the prediction and optimization of wound healing. Optimal postoperative wound healing to minimize scarring entails minimizing local, systemic, and environmental factors that lead to poor wound healing. Keeping the wound clean and moist, minimizing trauma, and infection are the local wound tenets. Systemic tenets include minimizing medications that inhibit processes of wound healing, maintaining adequate nutrition, pain palliation, UV protection, and smoking cessation. This article presents the dynamic process of wound healing and the basic tenets to minimize scarring., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)