The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 264-272.e9 , February 2012

Evaluation of simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery: The Senior Tour perspective

  • James I. Fann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: James I. Fann, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305.
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  • Richard H. Feins, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • George L. Hicks Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Jonathan C. Nesbitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn
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  • John W. Hammon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Fred A. Crawford Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Senior Tour in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Received 27 April 2011 ,Revised 27 July 2011 ,Accepted 4 October 2011.

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 This study was supported by the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association and the Joint Council for Thoracic Surgery Education, the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Simulation Grant (J.I.F. and R.H.F.), and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association Doty Award (J.I.F.). Corporate sponsors of this session included the Chamberlain Group, Sorin Group, Cryolife, Inc, St Jude Medical, Teleflex Medical, and Lifelike BioTissue.

 Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

 Members of the Senior Tour in Cardiothoracic Surgery: James A. Alexander, MD, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, MD, Thomas M. Daniel, MD, L. Penfield Faber, MD, John W. Hammon, MD, Kamal A. Mansour, MD, William F. Northrup III, MD, D. Glenn Pennington, MD, Bruce A. Reitz, MD, W. Steves Ring, MD, Norman J. Snow, MD, Donald C. Watson, MD, and Walter G. Wolfe, MD.

PII: S0022-5223(11)01098-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.013

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 264-272.e9 , February 2012

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