Mennander, AriGudbjartsson, TomasJeppsson, AndersHjortdal, VibekeTønnessen, Theis2025-11-202025-11-202020-03Mennander, A, Gudbjartsson, T, Jeppsson, A, Hjortdal, V & Tønnessen, T 2020, 'Specialist training for cardiothoracic surgery in the Nordic countries', Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 159, no. 3, pp. 1002-1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.1100022-522338379294833c1341-457f-4361-b9a1-f85224733be08507302401031590947https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/6349Funding received by the Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Tampere University Hospital,Tampere, Finland. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 The American Association for Thoracic SurgerySweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Iceland form the 5 culturally uniform Nordic countries. Each of the countries owns a high-standard tradition of individual steering in cardiothoracic education aiming at securing the needs and features of the local area. Indisputably, mastering a Nordic language and applying a high-standard individual steering in education ensure that a dedicated trainee is selected to the cardiothoracic program in accordance with the needs and features of the local area.73639701002-1008eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesscardiothoracic surgeryeducationNordic countriesspecialist trainingLungnaskurðlækningarNorðurlöndSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.110