Intelligent and excellent: 2012 GCTAB board members’ conference &
inaugural meeting of GCTI
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Meeting Report
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J Thorac Dis 2012;4(4):345-346. DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.08.06
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On April 22, 2011, the Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory
Board (GCTAB) was officially established as medical science
develops and minimally invasive surgery rapidly advances in China
(Table 1). This gather-up of academic intelligences is a substantial
step towards a more prefect standard for minimally invasive surgery.
More patients would enjoy the benefits from the elevation in quality
and ratio of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Authoritative
experts both from home and abroad converge on the GCTAB,
including Profs. Jianxing He, Lunxu Liu, Qun Wang, Tianyou Wang,
Yingkang Shi, Xiuyi Zhi, Wen Gao and Jun Wang. Gathering these
intelligences, the GCTAB will establish and perfect the standards
in minimally invasive thoracic surgery. The GCTAB also explores
training models of thoracoscopic surgery and holds training on the
basis of professional endoscopic education platforms of Johnson
& Johnson. Its devotion in promoting minimally invasive thoracic
surgery in China will provide safer procedures for patients with less
injury.
On May 25, 2012, the 2012 GCTAB board members’
conference & inaugural meeting o f Greater China
Thoracoscopic Institute (GCTI) was successfully held in
Shanghai, China (Figure 1). All the senior board members
of GCTAB attended the meeting. They discussed the
future of GCTAB, and witnessed the announcement of the
establishment of GCTI. The GCTI mainly aims at combining
domestic thoracic surgery experts and educational platforms
on various levels together to establish a reasonable training
module and to promote thoracoscopic surgery in China.
In the meeting, fellows of GCTI discussed the challenges,
explored training modules and contents of minimally invasive
thoracic surgery in China. Prof. Jianxing He, MD, PhD,
FACS, chairman of GCTAB, Executive Editor-in-Chief of
Journal of Thoracic Disease ( JTD), shared his opinions,
“GCTI will standardize the thoracoscopic technology and
sparkle it. Not only a historical product, minimally invasive
thoracoscopic surgery is also a technology in modern times,
so standardization and normalization is quite necessary.
However, there are flaws in our health care system besides its
superiorities, and the government input is limited. We sincerely
hope this organization may help making medical science more
standardized and energetic. Our ultimate goal is to achieve
fewer complications and more benefits for patients. This
requires GCTI fellows to be dedicated with integrity. There are
always teachers silently behind each master, just like our own
striving journey that we all need teachers’ company.”
Figure 1. (Left) The 2012 Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory Board (GCTAB) board members’ conference; (Right) inaugural meeting of Greater
China Thoracoscopic Institute (GCTI).
Bringing along their ideals and beliefs, thoracic surgery
experts both from home and abroad have gathered together in
the GCTAB. Thoracoscopic surgery in China will step further in the near future following around ardent expectation and
unceasingly exploration of the academic community.
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Purposes of GCTAB
Integrate the elites in thoracic surgery all over Greater China;
promote thoracoscopic surgery in China for better quality and
higher ratio of minimally invasive surgery in thoracic disease;
strive for benefits and better lives for more patients.
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Goals of GCTAB
Establish and improve standards of minimally invasive thoracic
surgery; establish training models of thoracoscopic surgery
and provide domestic training; push forward communication
of thoracoscopic surgery and correlated academic research and
promote thoracoscpic surgery in China.
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Plans of GCTAB
Training: establishing and perfecting the classified training
system; unified planning and positioning of training offices;
Establishing and improving training modules; compiling
textbooks.
Communication: brand building and promotion of GCTAB
(influence on the academic community and the whole society);
propaganda of GCTAB; international communication of GCTAB.
Academic cooperation: surgery standard and expert consensus.
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Responsibilities of GCTAB Board Members
Board member meeting: attend board member meeting and offer
advice and suggestions actively.
Thoracoscopic training: design courses for the training
institute, serve as faculty and give instructions in virtue of
professional education platforms of Johnson & Johnson Medical
China.
Evaluation of new technologies: evaluate new technologies
and give advice to guarantee safety of patients with less injury.
Minimally invasive surgery standards: establishing and
perfecting standards to promote minimally invasive surgery in
China.
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Acknowledgements
Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Cite this article as: Editorial Team, Journal of Thoracic Disease. Intelligent
and excellent: 2012 GCTAB board members’ conference & inaugural
meeting of GCTI. J Thorac Dis 2012;4(4):345-346. doi: 10.3978/
j.issn.2072-1439.2012.08.06
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