1 Start 2 Complete STS appreciates your participation in this survey, as your insights are invaluable in helping us improve future events. The following questions will ask for your thoughts on various aspects of the most recent STS 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, including meeting length, faculty preferences, and content balance.Your response will help us enhance the experience for all attendees and will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback! STS 2025 was held over 3 days (Friday-Sunday). What is your opinion on lengthening the meeting to include an additional day (Thursday-Sunday)? * In favor Not in favor Neutral Comments: At STS 2025, how did you feel about the number of sessions/activities competing for your attention at any given time? * Too many Too few Just right Comments: What is your preferred length of educational parallel sessions? * 60 minutes 90 minutes 120 minutes Comments: For a typical educational session, what is your preference regarding invited faculty? * Prefer more veteran speakers/moderators Prefer more fresh faces Prefer an even balance Comments: For a typical educational session, what is your preference when it comes to the balance of talks? * Prefer more abstracts Prefer more invited talks Prefer an even balance Comments: At the STS 2025 Annual Meeting, there were a total of 76 parallel sessions with 60 focused on clinical/science-based content, and 16 focused on non-clinical skills (e.g. wellness, leadership, and communication). Based on this, how would you evaluate the number of clinical/science-based sessions: * Too many Too few Just right Comments: How would you evaluate the number of non-clinical skills sessions: * Too many Too few Just right Comments: What is your profession? * CT Surgeon Resident/Fellow/Medical Student Allied Healthcare Professional (PA, NP, RN, etc.) Other What is your profession? Other How many years have you been practicing cardiothoracic surgery? * N/A (still a student or in-training) ≤ 8 years 9 - 15 years 16 - 24 years ≥ 25 years In which area do you devote most of your time? * Adult Cardiac Congenital General Thoracic Critical Care Hybrid/mixed cardiac and thoracic Other In which area do you devote most of your time? Other What is your gender? * Female Male Non-Binary Prefer not to answer Leave this field blank
