The Application and Pitfalls for Registering New Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

The first examination of the new board of the Japanese cardiovascular surgery took place in 2022. As it is a transitional period for the new system, many doctors are not familiar with the changes and details of the new system, and some have their concerns. Here, we held a round-table discussion with doctors who actually took the new board of the Japanese cardiovascular surgery under the new system, and we summarized their opinion.

A Questionnaire Survey of Regarding the Total Arch Repair for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm for Under 40 Cardiovascular Surgeons / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

The Basic Lecture Course (BLC) held by U-40 (which is The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Under-Forty) aims to improve the basic skills and knowledge of young cardiovascular surgeons. The aim of this report is to survey the strategies of total arch repair for thoracic aortic aneurysms focusing on differences in treatment between hospitals, and to share the results of this questionnaire investigation about this.

Remote simulator training of coronary artery bypass grafting during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

OBJECTIVES: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic presents in-person exposure risk during surgical education. We aimed to validate the feasibility of fully remote faculty-supervised surgical training sessions focused on coronary artery bypass grafting using a synthetic simulator and online videochat software. METHODS: This observational study organized 24 sessions of 2-hour remote training. Each session involved 3 trainees, 1 faculty member, and 1 host. A total of 70 trainees and 24 faculty members were enrolled. The participants joined the remote sessions via online videochat and performed focused training in coronary artery anastomosis using a commercially available simulator. A survey was conducted to validate the feasibility of the remote sessions. Performance improvement of the trainees who repeatedly participated (n = 13) were analyzed comparing initial and final scores of various performance indicators. RESULTS: All trainees and faculty members were satisfied with the efficacy of the remote session. Additionally, most trainees (79%) and faculty members (95%) agreed that the remote training sessions were equivalent to conventional onsite training seminars. A significant improvement between initial and last sessions was observed in the scoring components of near side (3.4 ± 1.0 vs 4.1 ± 0.9; P = .02), far side (3.3 ± 0.8 vs 3.9 ± 0.8; P = .03), external appearance (3.5 ± 0.8 vs 4.2 ± 0.7; P = .01), and internal appearance (2.8 ± 0.9 vs 4.0 ± 0.9; P = .004). CONCLUSIONS: Faculty-supervised remote surgical training sessions were executed with satisfactory results. This methodology may have important implications for surgical education during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Current Status of Surgical Technique Training Such as Off the Job Training / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

Young cardiovascular surgeons work on various trainings such as OFFJT to improve surgical techniques. In this paper, we conducted a questionnaire survey of U-40 members to find out what they are doing to acquire standard surgical techniques.

1.How Can We Promote Work Style Reforms of Cardiovascular Surgeons ? / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

The work style of doctors gets attention within the Work Style Reforms that have been fully implemented since 2019. Now, we conducted a questionnaire survey at 10 institutions in Chugoku and Shikoku region and reviewed the latest work style of cardiovascular surgeons in comparison with other departments.

How and When Can Cardiovascular Surgeons Get a Day Off ?? No.2 / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

We investigated how cardiovascular surgeons get a day off.

A Survey on Actual Circumstances of Young Cardiovascular Surgeons No.4 / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

We performed a survey on actual circumstances of work style of under-40 cardiovascular surgeons and obtained responses from 51 surgeons. We report the results and discussion about the questionnaire.

A Survey of the Cardioplegia Methods Targeting Under 40 Cardiovascular Surgeons No.9 / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

Cardiovascular surgeons, generally have many strong preferences regarding basic surgical skills. However, those basic skills have not been discussed great detail. The aim of this study is to survey the cardioplegia methods targeting cardiovascular surgeons in Japan aged Under 40, and to share the results of those basic skills.

A Survey of the Approach Methods for Axillary and Subclavian Artery Targeting under 40 Cardiovascular Surgeons No.14 / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

Cardiovascular surgeons have strong preferences regarding basic surgical skills. However, those basic skills have never been discussed great detail. The aim of this study is to survey the approach methods for axillary and subclavian artery targeting cardiovascular surgeons in Japan aged under 40, and to share the results of those basic skills.

A Questionnaire Survey of Regarding the Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting Targeting Under 40 Cardiovascular Surgeons No.11 / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

Basic procedures that cardiovascular surgeons routinely perform are rarely discussed, despite the great variability among facilities. The aim of this study is to survey the current status of internal thoracic artery harvesting in cardiovascular surgeons aged under 40 years old, and to share the results of this questionnaire investigation regarding basic skills.

A Survey of the Methods of Mediansternotomy Targeting Under Forty Cardiovascular Surgeons / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

<p>Cardiovascular surgeons, generally have many strong preferences regarding basic surgical skills, such as thoracotomy, graft harvesting, or vascular anastomosis. However, those basic skills have not been discussed great detail. The aim of this study is to survey the methods of median sternotomy, targeting cardiovascular surgeons in Japan aged Under 40, and to share the results of those basic skills.</p>