The utilization of educational resources published by the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association

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Objective: The Thoracic Surgery Residents Association (TSRA) is a trainee-led cardiothoracic surgery organization in North America that has published a multitude of educational resources. However, the utilization of these resources remains unknown.

Methods: Surveys were constructed, pilot-tested, and emailed to 527 current cardiothoracic trainees (12 questions) and 780 former trainees who graduated between 2012 and 2019 (16 questions). The surveys assessed the utilization of TSRA educational resources in preparing for clinical practice as well as in-training and American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) certification examinations.

Results: A total of 143 (27%) current trainees and 180 (23%) recent graduates responded. A higher proportion of recent graduates compared with current trainees identified as male (84% vs 66%; P = .001) and graduated from 2- or 3-year traditional training programs (81% vs 41%; P < .001), compared with integrated 6-year (8% vs 49%; P < .001) or 4 + 3 (11% vs 10%; P = .82) pathways. Current trainees most commonly used TSRA resources to prepare for the in-training exam (75%) and operations (73%). Recent graduates most commonly used them to prepare for Oral and/or Written Board Exams (92%) and the in-training exam (89%). Among recent graduates who passed the ABTS Oral Board Exam on the first attempt, 82% (97/118) used TSRA resources to prepare, versus only 48% (25/52) of recent graduates who passed after multiple attempts, failed, have not taken the exam, or preferred not to answer (P < .001).

Conclusions: Current cardiothoracic trainees and recent graduates have utilized TSRA educational resources extensively, including to prepare for in-training and ABTS Board examinations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

JTCVS open - 11(2022) vom: 06. Sept., Seite 241-264

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brescia, Alexander A [VerfasserIn]
Louis, Clauden [VerfasserIn]
Luc, Jessica G Y [VerfasserIn]
Coyan, Garrett N [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jason J [VerfasserIn]
Blitzer, David [VerfasserIn]
Wilder, Fatima G [VerfasserIn]
Bergquist, Curtis S [VerfasserIn]
Bloom, Jordan P [VerfasserIn]
Reddy, Rishindra M [VerfasserIn]
Sandhu, Gurjit [VerfasserIn]
Mehaffey, J Hunter [VerfasserIn]
Thoracic Surgery Residents Association [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ABTS, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Educational resource
Examination
Journal Article
Resident education
SESATS, Self-Education, Self-Assessment in Thoracic Surgery
STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Survey
TSDA, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
TSRA, Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
Test preparation

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Date Revised 30.09.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xjon.2022.04.047

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346879671