Achieving Work-Life Balance in Cardiothoracic Surgery [1]
Filmed at the 2015 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, this roundtable discussion focuses on work-life balance issues within the cardiothoracic surgery specialty. Douglas Wood moderates this discussion with Fawwaz Shaw, Emily Farkas, and Nahush Mokadam. The panelists share their own definitions of work-life balance, and discuss ways in which current CT surgeons can help make the specialty more attractive to medical students and residents from a work-life balance perspective.
This content is published with the permission of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons [3].
Do you want to know more about the life of a cardiothoracic surgeon? Watch the popular CTSNet videos:
A Day in the Life of a Thoracic Surgeon [4] by Shanda Blackmon [5]
A Day in a Heart Surgeon's Life [6] by Navid Maderashahian [7]
Both time-lapse videos provide interesting perspectives on a day in the life of a busy cardiothoracic surgeon