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Thoracic Surgical Resident Education: A Costly Endeavor

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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John H. Calhoon, Clint Baisden, Ben Holler, George L. Hicks, Ed L. Bove, Cameron D. Wright, Walter H. Merrill, Dave A. Fullerton

Program directors from 6 distinctly different training centers assessed educational costs for CT resident training.  Before formal accounting information was explored, the PDs estimated the annual cost per resident to be $250,000.  The actual costs per year per resident ranged from $330,000 to $667,000, with a mean of $483,000.  Faculty teaching costs made up more than half of the total costs, whereas simulation costs comprised 0 to $80,000.  The contributions of the residents to program savings averaged $37,000. 

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