Recruitment of Young Cardiovascular Surgeons by the Cardiovascular Surgery Summer School

Abstract

The Cardiovascular Surgery Summer School is a seminar for fourth- to sixth-year medical students, and first- to third-year residents to convey the attractiveness of cardiovascular surgery and recruit them, and is held for two days every August. The seminar was held at one location (Haneda Training Centre) with approximately 100 participants and 50 faculties this and last year. The author was in charge of planning and organising the events. The programme content and results of the participant questionnaires for both years are analysed and a programme for better recruitment of young cardiovascular surgeons is reported with some considerations.