Comprehensive Requisite Thoracic Surgery Curriculum

Each listing below represents a section of the Comprehensive Requisite Thoracic Surgery Curriculum. By navigating through a link, you will call up a number of multimedia presentations classified by the link you chose. There will be up to three categories of talks: Prerequisite, Requisite, and Supplemental. You can choose between them based on a the code listed in each talk. Each presentation is approximately 20 minutes in length; you can navigate forward and back through the presentation, further customizing your experience.

Please Note: The public, unlogged access to this material will be turned off as of December 15,2004. While we will offer highlights of the curriculum material, the bulk of the curriculum items will require a unique CD-Key, available to anyone in an accredited U.S. training program. Others can purchase the Keys. There will be pricing and access information available for that shortly.

Table of Contents (click on a major heading to collapse that group)

  1. Chest Wall
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
    2. Acquired Abnormalities and Neoplasms
    3. Congenital Abnormalities and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  2. Lungs and Pleura
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology, and Testing
    2. Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease
    3. Neoplastic Lung Disease
    4. Congenital Lung Disease
    5. Diseases of the Pleura
  3. Trachea and Bronchii
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
    2. Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities
    3. Neoplasms
  4. Mediastinum and Pericardium
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
    2. Congenital Abnormalities of the Mediastinum
    3. Acquired Abnormalities of the Mediastinum
    4. Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities of the Pericardium
  5. Diaphragm
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
    2. Acquired Abnormalities, Neoplasms
    3. Congenital Abnormalities
  6. Esophagus
    1. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
    2. Congenital Abnormalities
    3. Acquired Abnormalities
    4. Neoplasms
  7. Congenital Heart Disease
    1. Embryology, Anatomy and History
    2. Physiology and Physiologic Evaluation
    3. Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Operations on Congenital Cardiac Anomalies
    4. Left-to-Right Shunts
    5. Cyanotic Anomalies
    6. Obstructive Anomalies
    7. Miscellaneous Anomalies
    8. Principles of Postoperative Care
  1. Acquired Heart Disease
    1. Coronary Artery Disease
    2. Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Tumors
    3. Abnormalities of the Aorta
    4. Cardiac Arrhythmias
    5. Valvular Heart Disease
  2. Thoracic Trauma
    1. Trauma of the Chest Wall
    2. Tracheobronchial and Pulmonary Trauma
    3. Esophageal Trauma
    4. Diaphragmatic Trauma
    5. Cardiovascular Trauma
  3. Transplantation
    1. Cardiac Transplantation
    2. Lung Transplantation
    3. Heart-Lung Transplantation
  4. Extracorporeal Bypass and Coagulation -- Blood Products
    1. Physiology of Extracorporeal Bypass
    2. Techniques of Extracorporeal Bypass
    3. Mechanical Support
    4. Fundamentals of Coagulation Management and Blood Component Therapy
  5. Minor Procedures
    1. Bronchoscopy
    2. Esophagoscopy
    3. Permanent Pacemakers
    4. Tube Thoracostomy
    5. Central Valve Lines and Arterial Lines
  6. Thoracic Surgery and Research
  7. Non-Clinical Elements of Thoracic Surgical Practice
  8. Geriatrics