Educational Challenges of the Operating Room

Christopher R Morse; Douglas J Mathisen

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.03.005

Educational Challenges of the Operating Room

Thorac Surg Clin. 2019 Aug;29(3):269-277. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.03.005.

Authors

Christopher R Morse¹, Douglas J Mathisen²

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, FND 7, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: crmorse@partners.org.
² Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, FND 7, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 31235295
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2019.03.005

Abstract

Resident education in the operating room and surgical resident autonomy represent two enormous challenges within cardiothoracic (CT) training programs. The goal of surgical educators and CT trainees is to ensure the graduating resident's ability to safely operate independently at the completion of training. The field has come a long way from the notion of see one, do one, teach one, which was once the norm. Cardiothoracic surgery continues to become more specialized and the patients more complex with greater scrutiny of outcomes. There are many challenges that are faced in contemporary CT training to make intraoperative teaching harder than ever.

Keywords: Intraoperative education; Operative education; Operative teaching; Surgeon educator.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Defensive Medicine
Humans
Internship and Residency* / organization & administration
Operating Rooms
Professional Autonomy
Thoracic Surgery / education*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / education*
Time Factors