title: Preparing the next generation of residents to care for patients with cardiothoracic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2102, USA. walter.h.merrill@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Merrill
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States
keywords: Cardiovascular surgical procedures/education; education, medical, graduate/manpower; internship and residency/organization & administration; physicians/supply & distribution; specialties, surgical; thoracic surgery/education/manpower; trends