E76 Colin Schieman On Direct Entry Training And Intra Operative Teaching by Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast published on 2021-05-23T18:21:34Z This week we have a treat for our listeners – two episodes with Dr. Colin Schieman. Dr. Schieman is a thoracic surgeon at the University of Calgary and the current program director for the thoracic surgery program. We discuss a key issue in modern surgical training – are direct entry programs good or bad for training and trainees? Dr. Schieman also gives his approach for intra operative teaching. Don’t forget to check out our bonus episode this week, where Dr. Schieman gives us his approach to lung nodules and lung cancer screening! Links: 1. Scott Gmora: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e05-scott-gmora-on-surgical-training 2. Thoracic surgery training in Canada: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(16)31423-4/pdf 3. General thoracic surgical training in North America: Contrasting general thoracic surgery residencies in Canada and the United States. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022522318318579?via%3Dihub Bio: Dr. Colin Schieman is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary in the section of thoracic surgery. He did medical school, residency, and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Calgary. He then went on to do additional thoracic surgery training at Mayo Clinic, and subsequently practiced at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. He came back to the University of Calgary as Assistant Professor in 2016, and is now the Program Director for the Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program.
