Cardiovascular surgery training in Japan

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
³ Cardio-Aortic Center, Takatsuki Hospital, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: yutakaokita@gmail.com.
⁴ Nara General Medical Center, Nara, Japan.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
⁷ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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Kazuo Tanemoto et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jan.

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. 2022 Jan;163(1):166-175.e5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.12.090. Epub 2020 Dec 26.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
³ Cardio-Aortic Center, Takatsuki Hospital, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: yutakaokita@gmail.com.
⁴ Nara General Medical Center, Nara, Japan.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
⁷ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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Keywords: cardiovascular surgery training; off-the-job training; on-the-job training; quality assessment.

Comment in

Commentary: Different paradigm, but excellent results.
Ikonomidis JS. Ikonomidis JS. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jan;163(1):176-177. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.12.119. Epub 2021 Jan 8. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022. PMID: 33526278 No abstract available.
Commentary: Cardiothoracic surgery training: Global challenges without universal solutions.
Kratz JR, Nguyen TC. Kratz JR, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jan;163(1):177-178. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.048. Epub 2021 Jan 20. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022. PMID: 33622555 No abstract available.