{"id":2219,"date":"2008-11-20T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/education\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:05:48","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education &amp; Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1>Becoming a CT Surgeon<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"intro\"><p class=\"lead\">To improve health care in the future, we provide rigorous training for residents and medical students. Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents become skilled in the full range of cardiac, thoracic and esophageal repairs, with graduated responsibility for the care of patients.<\/p><\/article>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2020\/10\/CT-Residency_main_image.jpg\" alt=\"Education and Training\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">6-Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency \u2013 In 2010, UNC began a new, integrated 6-year residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery; residents enter the program directly from medical school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">General Surgery Residents \u2013 UNC General Surgery residents rotate on both the thoracic (post-graduate year 1) and cardiac (post-graduate year 2) surgery services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Medical Students \u2013 Medical students are usually on our service for a two-week period during their third year. They participate in all functions of the service. Some students do a sub-internship during their fourth year. With the Department of Physiology, we offer the Physio-heart surgery selective (PHSSL) for first-year students, and our faculty members frequently lecture to medical students.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNC Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SyOY2OXTIsU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Training<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"magic-boxes row\">\n\n    \n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/education\/6-year-program\/\">CT Surgery Residency Program<\/a>\n\n    <div class=\"image-overlay\"><h3>CT Surgery Residency Program<\/h3><\/div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2020\/10\/mb-1.jpg\" alt=\"CT Surgery Residency Program\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/education\/surgeryres\/\">General Surgery Residency<\/a>\n\n    <div class=\"image-overlay\"><h3>General Surgery Residency<\/h3><\/div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2020\/10\/vasc-slide-1.jpg\" alt=\"General Surgery Residency\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/education\/medstudents\/\">Medical Students<\/a>\n\n    <div class=\"image-overlay\"><h3>Medical Students<\/h3><\/div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2020\/10\/vasc-slide-2.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Students\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming a CT Surgeon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7694,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education &amp; 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