Faber L P
Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 May;55(5):1326-31. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90083-t.
Education and clinical practice in general thoracic surgery will be considerably different in the year 2010. The individual surgeon will most likely see a decline in patient volume and net income. Teaching hospitals with declining profit margins will place monetary constraints on patient programs that do not generate income, and capital budgets will be curtailed. To remain competitive, the general thoracic surgeon will have to keep pace with technologic advances and maintain a current knowledge in the field of thoracic oncology. General thoracic surgical training will profit by a core curriculum with a defined general thoracic surgical faculty dedicated to education in this field.
到2010年，普通胸外科的教育和临床实践将有很大不同。个体外科医生很可能会看到患者数量和净收入下降。利润率下降的教学医院将对不产生收入的患者项目施加资金限制，资本预算也将削减。为保持竞争力，普通胸外科医生必须跟上技术进步，并掌握胸科肿瘤学领域的最新知识。普通胸外科培训将受益于一门核心课程，该课程配备专门致力于该领域教育的普通胸外科教员。
