naa a22 4500 510728057 CHVBK 20180411082942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-013-0325-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-013-0325-2 Komiya Tatsuhiko Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Miwa, 710-8602, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan aut Introduction of cardiac surgery residency program at an earlier stage in surgical training [Elektronische Daten] [Tatsuhiko Komiya] Objective: Reform of the Japanese postgraduate residency program has dramatically influenced the recruitment system. Because shortage of young cardiac surgeons is anticipated, an effective program for residents who want to become cardiac surgeons must be established at an earlier stage in surgical training. Methods: A 3-year cardiac surgery residency curriculum was developed for senior residents. The surgical training program includes harvesting of the saphenous vein, radial artery and internal thoracic artery, and repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm and specifies the target number of surgical procedures for each training. Academic training is provided in addition to clinical skills training. Nine residents completed the 3-year program between 2004 and 2012. The number of surgical procedures performed, presentations made at scientific meetings, and scientific papers published were investigated and analyzed. Results: Each resident participated in 438 operations during 3-year program, 25.9±8.3 (5.9%) as main operator and 182.2±15.8 (42%) as first assistant. The average number of procedures per resident over the 3years was 43.0±6.7 for saphenous vein harvest, 14.4±3.9 for radial artery harvest, 27.9±13.0 for internal thoracic artery harvest, 7.1±4.6 for abdominal aortic aneurysm. In addition, over the 3years, the mean number of presentations at scientific meetings was 13.2±3.2 and the mean number of publication of scientific papers was 1.9±1.4. Conclusion: The new cardiac surgery training curriculum for residents worked fairly well. A system for assessment of the program by an authoritative body should be established in the future. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2013 Residency curriculum nationallicence Cardiac surgery nationallicence Clinical skill nationallicence Academic training nationallicence General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/12(2013-12-01), 694-698 1863-6705 61:12<694 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0325-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0325-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Komiya Tatsuhiko Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Miwa, 710-8602, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/12(2013-12-01), 694-698 1863-6705 61:12<694 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer