Central MessageWhy does the AATS exist as an organization? My answer your president is: to promote scholarship, education, and research for benefit of our patients. I believe membership will be critical modifying training programs address CT surgical education in a changing paradigm.Members, guests, colleagues, friends, family, welcome 100th annual meeting American Association Thoracic Surgery ...

Abstract Aim In recent years undergraduate medical curriculum has been focusing on general practice. Together with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, time spent surgical education significantly reduced. Hence, graduates feel stressful when start working in rotations. Our team designed a peer reviewed teaching derived from National Undergraduate Surgical Curriculum which aims to prepare for their ...

Abstract Introduction Online teaching rapidly emerged as a viable alternative to traditional face-to-face education. However, how teach surgical skills in the online environment has not been established nor evaluated yet. Method An international one-day course consisting of lectures, pre-recorded virtual workshops, live demonstrations, and breakout rooms was organised. Simultaneously, held used...