1. European guidelines on structure and qualification of general thoracic surgery
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Brunelli, A, Falcoz, Pe, D'Amico, T, Hansen, H, Lim, E, Massard, G, Rice, Tw, Rocco, G, Thomas, P, Van Raemdonck, D, Congregado, M, Decaluwe, H, Grodzki, T, Lerut, T, Molnar, T, Salati, M, Scarci, M, Van Schil, P, Varela, G, Venuta, Federico, Melfi, F, Gebitekin, C, Kuzdzal, J, Leschber, G, Opitz, I, Papagiannopoulos, K, Patterson, A, Ruffini, E, Klepetko, W, Toker, A, Panel, University of Zurich, Brunelli, A, D'Amico, Thomas, and van Schil, Paul
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Operating Rooms ,medicine.medical_specialty ,General thoracic surgery ,Accreditation ,Education ,Procedures ,Professional affairs ,Qualification ,Structure ,610 Medicine & health ,142-005 142-005 ,2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Oesophageal surgery ,medicine ,Humans ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Medical physics ,European union ,Curriculum ,Societies, Medical ,media_common ,Structure (mathematical logic) ,Scope (project management) ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Thoracic Surgical Procedures ,2746 Surgery ,Surgery ,Europe ,Thoracic surgery ,2740 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Cardiothoracic surgery ,Human medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
OBJECTIVE To update the recommendations for the structural characteristics of general thoracic surgery (GTS) in Europe in order to provide a document that can be used as a guide for harmonizing the general thoracic surgical practice in Europe. METHODS A task force was created to set the structural, procedural and qualification characteristics of a European GTS unit. These criteria were endorsed by the Executive Committee of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and by the Thoracic Domain of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and were validated by the European Board of Thoracic Surgery at European Union of Medical Specialists. RESULTS Criteria regarding definition and scope of GTS, structure and qualification of GTS unit, training and education and recommendations for subjects of particular interest (lung transplant, oesophageal surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, quality surveillance) were developed. CONCLUSIONS This document will hopefully represent the first step of a process of revision of the modern thoracic surgeons' curricula, which need to be qualitatively rethought in the setting of the qualification process. The structural criteria highlighted in the present document are meant to help and tackle the challenge of cultural and language barriers as well as of widely varying national training programmes
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- 2014