Insights Into Thoracic Surgery Training Program in Italy: A Nationwide Residents' Survey
According to the residents' perspective, Italian thoracic surgery residency program is a well-structured educational offer, where surgical exposure overlaps with that offered across Europe. Nonetheless, efforts should be done to address the main criticalities raised to continuously increase the quality of Italian residency programs, aiming at enhancing surgical exposure, as well as promoting fair education.
Authors
- Cinzia Scala
- Federico Raveglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2830-2783)
- Franca Melfi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1773-8269)
- Carmelina Cristina Zirafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-9313)
- Andrea Onofri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6603-329X)
- Mohsen Ibrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9288-2359)
- Giovanni Mattioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4136-8293)
- Graziana Carleo
- Doroty Sampietro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9636-7752)
- Luigi Paladini
- Diletta Mongiello
- Riccardo Orlandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-1598)
- Giuseppe Cardillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3750-7281)
Institutions
- University of Foggia (IT)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- University of Perugia (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea (IT)
- Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery (US)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annali Italiani di Chirurgia
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.62713/aic.3983
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00