Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1103-1107 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 104, No. 4, 10.2017, p. 1103-1107.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Transatlantic Editorial
T2 - Thoracic Surgeons Need Recognition of Competence in Thoracic Oncology
AU - Massard, Gilbert
AU - Antonoff, Mara B.
AU - Noel, Julie Lynn
AU - Brunelli, Alessandro
AU - Farjah, Farhood
AU - Lanuti, Michael
AU - Van Raemdonck, Dirk
N1 - Funding Information: Thoracic surgical trainees receive the bulk of their thoracic oncologic education through a national curriculum initiated by the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) with support from the Joint Council on Thoracic Surgery Education (JCTSE), now a workforce of STS. This curriculum has evolved over time, initially consisting of an outline of educational objectives, and now including an expansive collection of materials provided by a Web-based learning management system. The curriculum is not focused exclusively on oncology; rather, it covers the entire spectrum of noncardiac thoracic, adult cardiac, and congenital heart surgery. Nonetheless, the existing national curriculum covers a majority of the modules identified by the Harmonized Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists (HERMES) project [20] —such as etiology and epidemiology, clinical presentation, use of diagnostics, staging, prognostic factors, principles of thoracic surgery and management of surgical complications, combined modality therapies, management of special subpopulations, and treatment evaluation and follow-up. Although a national curriculum exists, there is likely variation in the magnitude of focused thoracic oncologic education across programs. For instance, training programs led by or affiliated with standalone cancer institutions—such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center—tend to structure their resident rotations, conferences, and guest lecturers with a heavier emphasis on the oncologic aspects of thoracic surgery. Of note, the ABTS mandates that thoracic surgery trainees attend a minimum of 20 multidisciplinary patient management conferences throughout their training time, although these are not specific to cancer teams [21] . It is conceivable that this limit may be further refined to include increased participation in thoracic oncology conferences by trainees enrolled in a thoracic track. Surgeons in practice also have opportunities to pursue focused thoracic oncologic education through continuing medical education programs sponsored by professional organizations. Examples include the NCCN sponsored Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Thoracic Oncology Symposium [22] ; the ACCP Engaging an Interdisciplinary Team for NSCLC Diagnosis, Personalized Assessment and Treatment (GAIN) curriculum [23] ; and ASCO University’s online resource for team-based care in oncology [24, 25] .
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.068
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.04.068
M3 - Editorial
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VL - 104
SP - 1103
EP - 1107
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -