Government-mandated publication of named surgeon-specific outcome data (SSD) has
recently been introduced across nine surgical speciality areas in England. This move is the …

Objectives Cardiac surgery is highly demanding and the ideal teaching method to reach
competency is widely debated. Some studies have shown that surgical trainees can safely …

Objective In recent years, concerns have been raised about the learning opportunities
available to cardiac surgical trainees. This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the …

INTRODUCTION Since April 2002, collection and publication of surgeon-specific data in
adult cardiac surgery has become mandatory in the UK. It has been suggested that this may …

BACKGROUND: A price of training residents in cardiothoracic surgery is often perceived to
be a loss in intraoperative efficiencies, leading to prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass and …

Background Cardiac surgical units must balance trainee education with the duty to provide
optimal patient care. This is particularly challenging with valvular surgery, given the lower …

BACKGROUND: The technique of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCABG) surgery
differs considerably from on-pump CABG. This study investigates the impact of surgical …

Objectives Objective measures of cardiac surgery trainee progress are limited despite a
push for competency-based assessments. We hypothesized that the cumulative sum failure …

OBJECTIVES Performance of a technically sound left internal thoracic artery to left anterior
descending artery (LITA-LAD) anastomosis during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is …

OBJECTIVES Meaningful exposure to oesophageal cancer surgery during general thoracic
surgical training is restricted to few centres in the United Kingdom. Our Regional Tertiary …