Open AccessTraining in cardiothoracic surgery: how far is the other side of the table?
Author(s) -
Marjan Jahangiri,
Jonathan Hyde,
Paul Sadler,
Steven Tsui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2021.33
Subject(s) - cardiothoracic surgery , specialty , medicine , table (database) , workforce , training (meteorology) , general surgery , selection (genetic algorithm) , medical education , surgery , political science , computer science , family medicine , geography , artificial intelligence , meteorology , law , data mining
This article discusses the history and process of national selection of trainees, future workforce planning and projections in cardiothoracic surgery. In addition (and perhaps most importantly), it describes the challenges of the new, shorter, seven-year specialty training curriculum.