TY - JOUR T1 - Learning objectives for thoracic surgery: developing a national standard for undergraduate medical education JF - Canadian Journal of Surgery JO - CAN J SURG SP - E264 LP - E268 DO - 10.1503/cjs.004222 VL - 66 IS - 3 AU - Uzair Jogiat AU - Abdollah Behzadi AU - Laura Donahoe AU - Awrad Nasralla AU - Julius Poon AU - Najib Safieddine AU - Nazgol Seyednejad AU - Iran Tavakoli AU - Simon R. Turner Y1 - 2023/05/02 UR - http://canjsurg.ca/content/66/3/E264.abstract N2 - Background: The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (Education) Committee of the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS) has established a goal of describing the essential knowledge of thoracic surgery. We aimed to develop a national standardized set of undergraduate learning objectives for thoracic surgery.Methods: We obtained these learning objectives from 4 medical schools in Canada. These 4 institutions were selected to provide a broad geographical representation of medical schools of varying sizes and of both official languages. The resulting list of learning objectives underwent critical review by the CPD (Education) Committee, made up of 5 Canadian community and academic thoracic surgeons, 1 thoracic surgery fellow and 2 general surgery residents. A national survey was developed and circulated to all CATS members (n = 209). Respondents were asked to indicate on a 5-point Likert scale whether each objective should be a priority for all medical students.Results: Among 209 CATS members, 56 responded (response rate 27%). The mean length of experience in clinical practice among survey respondents was 10.6 (standard deviation 10.0) years. Respondents most commonly reported teaching or supervising medical students monthly (37.0%), followed by daily (29.6%). Eight of the 10 proposed objectives received a mean Likert score of 4/5 or higher and were selected for inclusion in the final list. A finalized list of 8 learning objectives was created, following a final review from the CATS Executive Committee.Conclusion: We developed a standardized set of learning objectives for medical students that was reflective of the core concepts within thoracic surgery. ER -