1. Bedside Assistant

Learners should act as a bedside assistant for ten cases. They should be evaluated by the attending surgeon who was on the console for these cases. Learners must pass all of the bedside assisting checklist items before it can be considered that they have completed this aspect of the curriculum.

2. Console Surgeon

Learners will need to complete thirty thoracic surgical cases as the console surgeon. There are specific preparations the learner should complete, and specific feedback that should be completed by the attending surgeon who is the staff of record during each of the thirty cases that are completed for the curriculum.

3. Video Review

The learner can refer to these video resources:

Right upper lobectomy:

• Fissure dissection
• Fissure-less Approach
• Posterior Approach

Right middle lobectomy: Video

Right lower lobectomy: Video

Left upper lobectomy:

• Completely portal approach
• VATS approach

Left lower lobectomy: Video

Right lower lobe superior segmentectomy: Video

Right lower basilar segmentectomy: Video

Left upper trisegmentectomy: Video

Left upper lingulectomy: Video

4. Video Analysis

Learners should have an attending view one of their videos, grade them, and give narrative feedback once yearly.