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Training in paediatric cardiac surgery: the history and role of training in a different country and even overseas*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2017

Martin J. Elliott
Martin J. Elliott*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University College London, London, United Kingdom Professor of Physics, Gresham College, London, United Kingdom The Cardiac Unit, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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Correspondence to: M. Elliott, MD, FRCS, FRSA, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University College London, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London, United Kingdom, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 207 829 8853; E-mail: Martin.elliott@gosh.nhs.uk, martin.elliott@icloud.com
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Abstract

This paper presents a personal perspective on the value of training overseas in paediatric cardiac surgery. From personal experience and observation, I argue that travel does indeed broaden the mind and placing artificial constraints on movement of trainees is a negative move. We need to work with others, in other cultures to become rounded human beings. And to be an empathetic surgeon, you need to be a rounded human being.

Keywords

Paediatric cardiac surgerytrainingoverseas trainingfellowships
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Special Issue 8: HeartWeek 2016 , December 2016 , pp. 1491 - 1493
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

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Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program, International Symposium on Postgraduate Education in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, Thursday, 11 February, 2016 and Friday, 12 February, 2016.

References

* Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program, International Symposium on Postgraduate Education in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, Thursday, 11 February, 2016 and Friday, 12 February, 2016.