Moscow, Russia
13-14 April 2009
COURSE MATERIAL - registered participants only
COURSE PROCEEDINGS - registered participants only
International Cooperation Committee is organizing the traditional course for cardio-thoracic surgeons and related specialists, centred on the practical application of modern science to our field. This course will be organized as a seminar, with short introductory lectures and practical, mentored activities. Leading experts in the field will address the topics, and will moderate practical demonstrations. Main topics are:
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Preparing an abstract
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Writing a scientific paper
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Performing statistical analysis
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Researching and extracting relevant literature
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Delivering a scientific lecture
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Organizing and financing research
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Ethical aspects of human research
This course is primarily oriented towards academic surgeons and related specialists, who are pursuing or planning the scientific career in the field of cardio-thoracic surgery.
Registered participants will have access to a course home page, where the educational material and planned tests will be deposited; this will form the basis for mentored exercises during the course.
Scientific programme: Marko Turina, MD and Jarle Vaage, MD,
Local organizing committee: Leo Bockeria, MD (Moscow); Rimantas Benetis (Kaunas)
Course organization: Marko Turina, MD
Invited Faculty:
| Ian Beecroft EJCTS/ICVTS/MMCTS Managing Editor EJCTS/ICVTS/MMCTS Editorial Office, Martigny, Switzerland |
Tim Clayton Senior lecturer in Medical Statistics Medical Statistics Unit Department of Epidemiology and Public Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London, UK |
| Paul Sergeant Cardiac Surgery Department Gasthuisberg University Hospital Leuven, Belgium |
Polly Siegel HighWire Press Stanford University Library Stanford CA, USA |
| Andrew Wechsler Stanley K. Brockman Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine Past Editor, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Philadelphia, USA |
Dr Peter Walton (Moscow only) |
EACTS acknowledges the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation:
