Licensure and Certification
There are methods used to make sure the medical personnel are skillful and competent. In order to become any kind of physician or surgeon, an individual must be a licensed. In order for an individual to be licensed, he or she must meet the certain educational requirements. Because cardiothoracic surgery is a certain type of surgical specialty, an individual must be certified in this specialty after becoming licensed as a doctor. In ordered to be certified, the individual must take an examination given by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery after completing four to five years of general surgery residency and two years of cardiothoracic fellowship.