Broadcast of Surgical Procedures as a Teaching Instrument in Cardiothoracic Surgery

摘要

Physicians have had an obligation to teach their art to others at least since the time of Hippocrates. Instruction during live operations has been in widespread use at least since the 19th century. Until recently, such intraoperative instruction was necessarily a local event, with teacher and pupil standing over the open surgical wound. In the latter part of the 20th century, transmission of images electronically over long distances became possible, and broadcasts of cardiothoracic operations in real time have become popular in recent years worldwide, especially in Europe.