J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 120(5): 517-519, 2019

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CURRENT TRENDS AND FEATURES IN OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USA

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA

Yuji Kawano, Tsuyoshi Kaneko

Off-the-job training (Off-JT) is of significant use for young surgeons who seek to acquire more advanced and technical professional skills. Thirty hours of Off-JT have been added to the requirements for a new board certification by the Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery. This article reviews current trends in various Off-JT opportunities in the USA. Learning about them will hopefully enable us to extract valuable benefits that we should incorporate into Off-JT in Japan.

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