COVID-19 Disruption in Cardiothoracic Surgical Training: An Opportunity to Enhance Education

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: fullers@email.chop.edu.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Editorial

Stephanie Fuller et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;110(5):1443-1446.

doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.015. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: fullers@email.chop.edu.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Comment in

Maximizing Cardiothoracic Surgery Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Resident Perspective.
Luc JGY, Lou X, Brescia AA. Luc JGY, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Mar;111(3):1090. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.07.003. Epub 2020 Jul 18. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 32693039 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Lessons From the Pandemic's Disruption of Surgical Training: An Opportunity to Promote Inclusivity.
Olive JK, Antonoff MB. Olive JK, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jun;111(6):2090. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.006. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 33347853 No abstract available.
It Takes Action: Reply.
Fuller S. Fuller S. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jun;111(6):2090-2091. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.035. Epub 2021 Jan 9. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 33434543 No abstract available.

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