J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 104(3): 301-304, 2003

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TRAINING OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Among all the other fields in medicine where safety and good quality are always expected, cardiovascular surgery is the one field where you are expected the most. Therefore cardiovascular surgeons should have an ability to deal adequately with a severe relationship between patients and surgeons. A long-term education after several years of basic surgery training is mandatory to be an authorized high quality cardiovascular surgeon. However, basic surgery is a synonym of genera1 surgery in the present system. In order to authorize general surgeons as well, basic surgery and general surgery should be separated. To avold the world of cardiovascular surgery becoming the aging society, a long-term training of cardiovascular surgery should begin as early as possible after efficient short-term training of basic surgery. Meanwhile high income should be guaranteed for high risk/volume work.

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