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Enhancing Thoracic Surgery Residents' Training Opportunities: A Collaborative Initiative

This initiative aims to improve advanced training opportunities for thoracic surgery residents by collecting, cataloging, and promoting specialized programs. The project also involves collaboration with the TSRA and STMP committees to address fragmented information and enhance resident demand fulfillment. Future endeavors include potential exchange programs and continued cooperation with EACTS.

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Enhancing Thoracic Surgery Residents' Training Opportunities: A Collaborative Initiative

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  1. Residents‘ Collaboration with TSRA (STS Meeting) • supported by TSDA • reciprocal representation in the committee roster • TSRA and STMP • TSRAnet.org • Main activities: • Residents‘ Meetings and Lunches during STS/AATS • „integrated curriculum“ • residents‘ survey (yearly evaluation) • New: collection of specialized training opportunities

  2. collection of advanced training programs Initiative to catalog advanced training opportunities in cardiac and thoracic surgery Elective Rotation or Subspecialty Training Why – fragmented information, contact difficulty, resident demand

  3. collection of advanced training programs Fall 2007/2008 Letters to thoracic surgery resident program directors Advanced training opportunities identified: Research, Endovascular, Robotics, Advanced Thoracic (VATS/Bronchoscopic), Aortic, Congenital, Valve Repair, VAD/Transplant, Minimally Invasive Surgery To date – 14 institutions - 32 Training Opportunities Cataloged on TSRAnet.org • General Thoracic 3 • Congenital 1 • Aortic 5 • Heart Failure/Transplant 7 • Robotic 1 • Advanced Valve 6 • VATS (lung/esoph) 5 • Tracheobronchial 1 • Endovascular 2 • Critical Care 1 • Research 1

  4. Possible new tasks for the STMP Committee: • Letter to European program directors •  Identification of European advanced training opportunities • Collection in a EACTS registry (on www.eacts.org) • Link the TSRA registry to the EACTS residents’ page • Continuation of combined TSRA and STMP efforts • reciprocal visit meetings once a year (Brett Mettler, TSRA Chair) • recognize previously unidentified issues of interest to both groups • future clinical and scientific collaboration (exchange programs?) • EACTS Council to decide: • Support and continuation of these activities • (incl. payment of one visit a year)

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