Integrated interdisciplinary simulation programmes: an essential addition to national and regional cardiothoracic surgical training and education programmes

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 May 1;55(5):811-816. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz043.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
² Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
⁶ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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Keywords: Cardiothoracic surgery; Deliberate practice; Human factors; Proficiency training; Simulation programmes; Simulation training; metrics.

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