Integrated Thoracic Surgery Residency: Current Status and Future Evolution

Yuanjia Zhu; Andrew B Goldstone; Y Joseph Woo

doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.04.002

Integrated Thoracic Surgery Residency: Current Status and Future Evolution

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;31(3):345-349. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.04.002. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

Authors

Yuanjia Zhu¹, Andrew B Goldstone², Y Joseph Woo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Electronic address: joswoo@stanford.edu.

PMID: 30954666
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.04.002

Abstract

Cardiothoracic surgery training has evolved after a fading interest in the traditional pathway. Despite recent stagnation, the integrated pathway will likely further grow in popularity and acceptance.

Keywords: Integrated thoracic surgery; Program growth; Residency.

MeSH terms

Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate* / trends
Forecasting
Health Services Needs and Demand / trends
Humans
Internship and Residency* / trends
Surgeons / education*
Surgeons / trends
Thoracic Surgery / education*
Thoracic Surgery / trends
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / education*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / trends