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Thoracic Surgery | “…I believe it is a ‘great course’” * | “I feel [the course] helped me pass.” * | The Osler Institute has nearly thirty years of experience in preparing physicians for their board examinations. We can help you today. A survey of Osler participants shows significantly higher pass rates for Osler students compared with those who did not take our course. The difference in pass rates is difficult to explain away by self-selection in attendance over-representing those who would have passed without taking the Osler course. | Exam pass % for: | Written | Oral | | Osler Participants | 91% | 96% | | Candidates without an Osler review | 68% | 72% | “Osler gives … unfair advantage” said a Board Trustee. “He’s wrong and right,” reported an Osler participant who heard the trustee’s comment. “The course does give candidates an advantage – but it’s not unfair.” This student had failed his boards before taking the Osler course but told us that he passed easily after doing the course. “This time didn’t even feel like an exam. It was like having a discussion with a colleague.” The Osler course can work for you too. | Objectives | Methods | | Increase basic knowledge and clinical skills | Home study questions with answers and review | | Prepare candidates for written and oral board exams | Seminar with Powerpoints and lecture-note syllabus | | Provide practicing physicians with a review and update | Practice exams for your written and oral boards |
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| Objectives | | • Increase proficiency in thoracic and cardiac surgery | | • Prepare candidates for thoracic surgery board exams | | • Provide thoracic surgeons with a review and update | | Methods | | • Seminar with slides and lecture-note syllabus | | • Questions and Answer sessions in evenings | | • Practice oral exams with faculty feedback | Back To Top | Faculty | | | Ahmed Mahmoud, MD† Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery University of California, Davis | | | Phillip Zaret, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery The Chicago Medical School | | | Norman Snow, MD Professor of Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago | | | Faiz Bhora, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Columbia University | | | Khaled Abdelbady, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago | | | Bassem Mora, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Chicago | | | Darryl Pearlstein, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin | | | Jonah Odim, MD, PhD Senior Medical Officer National Institute of Health | | | Ali Khoynezhad, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Nebraska | | | Robert Youngblood, MD Professor Emeritus of Surgery East Carolina University | | | Shashank Jolly, MD Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Stanford Hosp, Fargo, ND | | | | | | † Course Director | | | | Back To Top | | Thoracic Surgery | Cardiac Surgery | | Chest Wall | Mitral Valve Disease | | Mediastinum | Aortic Valve Disease | | Congenital Lung | Coronary Artery Disease | | Diaphragmatic Hernias | Coronary Arter Surgery | | Pulmonary Neoplasms | Thoracic Aorta | | Pulmonary Infections | Cardiac Tumors | | Trachea | Cardiomyopathy | | Esophagus | Extracorporeal Perfusion | | Thoracic Trauma | | | | Congenital Heart Disease | | Critical Care | Tetrology of Fallout | | Cardiac Critical Care | Septal Defects | | Pulmonary Critical Care | Double Outlet Right Ventricle | | Metabolic Alterations | Arterosus and Coarctation | | Coagulation Disorders | Univentricular Heart | | Transfusions | Coronary Artery Anomalies | | Pediatric Management | Hypoplastic Left Heart | | | Neoplasms of the Heart | Back To Top |
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