Onofre Lopes's University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Dante Pazzanese's Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Aug 6;36(4):571-574. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0365.
Choosing a surgical specialty can be a hard decision for a medical student. Several studies present data showing that most medical students fear the surgical field and end up switching to another specialty. For cardiovascular surgery, the scenario is very similar. In the last decades, the interest in cardiovascular surgery has been decreasing worldwide and the cardiothoracic surgical societies across the globe have been trying to understand the factors that push away medical students and general surgical residents from the specialty. In this regard, our work aims to focus on describe the access of students to cardiovascular surgery, especially during medical school, as well as to provide a brief report of our current data regarding the specialty.
选择外科专业对于医学生来说可能是一个艰难的决定。有几项研究提供的数据表明，大多数医学生害怕外科领域，最终选择转去其他专业。心血管外科学也是如此。在过去几十年中，全球范围内对心血管外科学的兴趣一直在下降，全球心胸外科学会一直在努力了解是什么因素促使医学生和普通外科住院医师远离该专业。在这方面，我们的工作旨在重点描述学生接触心血管外科学的途径，特别是在医学院期间，并简要报告我们目前关于该专业的数据。
