Table 5. Proportion of cardiothoracic (CT) faculty who received at least part of their medical education or surgical training (medical school, residency or fellowship) outside the US according to seniority, subspecialty and institutional ranking.
| At least part of their medical education or surgical training outside the US | Cardiac and thoracic surgeons | Cardiac surgeons only | Thoracic surgeons only | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All CT centers | Top CT centers | Other CT centers | All CT centers | Top CT centers | Other CT centers | All CT centers | Top CT centers | Other CT centers | |||
| All faculty | |||||||||||
| Yes | 187 (27.0) | 86 (28.8) | 101 (25.6) | 140 (28.6) | 62 (30.5) | 78 (27.3) | 47 (23) | 24 (25) | 23 (21.3) | ||
| No | 506 (73.0) | 213 (71.2) | 293 (74.4) | 349 (71.4) | 141 (69.5) | 208 (72.7) | 157 (77) | 72 (75) | 85 (78.7) | ||
| P | – | 0.41± | – | 0.49± | – | 0.65± | |||||
| Junior faculty | |||||||||||
| Yes | 59 (23.3) | 31 (29.8) | 28 (18.8) | 45 (28.8) | 24 (38.1) | 21 (22.6) | 14 (14.4) | 7 (17.1) | 7 (12.5) | ||
| No | 194 (76.7) | 73 (70.2) | 121 (81.2) | 111 (71.2) | 39 (61.9) | 72 (77.4) | 83 (85.6) | 34 (82.9) | 49 (87.5) | ||
| P | – | 0.059± | – | 0.055± | – | 0.73± | |||||
| Senior faculty | |||||||||||
| Yes | 125 (28.6) | 53 (27.5) | 72 (29.5) | 92 (27.9) | 36 (26.1) | 56 (29.2) | 33 (30.8) | 17 (30.9) | 16 (30.8) | ||
| No | 312 (71.4) | 140 (72.5) | 172 (70.5) | 238 (72.1) | 102 (73.9) | 136 (70.8) | 74 (69.2) | 38 (69.1) | 36 (69.2) | ||
| P | – | 0.72± | – | 0.62± | – | P=1± | |||||
Data expressed as number (percentage). ±, Chi square test.