Tyler Arismendi, Nicholas Schaper, Alec Falkenhain, Konstantinos C Karabetsos, Ali Syed, Rheyana Branch, Marvi Moreno, Cole Pickney, Ikpechukwu Obayi, Spencer J Lucas, Eduardo González, Aaron Graves, Brittany Kauffman, Alexandra Maningat, Tara Zielke, Janice Nam, Michael C Soult, Faisal Aziz, Saideep Bose, Matthew R Smeds
BACKGROUND: Since their inception, Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency (IVSR) programs have expanded widely and attracted highly competitive medical students by offering a more focused approach to learning both open surgical and endovascular techniques. However, despite substantial modifications to the training paradigm, a shortage of vascular surgeons is still projected through 2050. We aimed to gather and analyze fourth-year medical students' knowledge and perceptions of vascular surgery (VS) to further inform strategies for recruiting future vascular surgeons...
July 24, 2023: Annals of Vascular Surgery