Many aspiring surgeons under 40 years of age feel uneasy because surgical opportunities are rare. Under such circumstances, vascular surgery may provide operating opportunities relatively early. Here we used a questionnaire to clarify what opportunities young surgeons are seeking in the field of vascular surgery.

We investigated how cardiovascular surgeons get a day off.

The importance of off the job training in surgical education are widely recognized. The Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery has required a board candidate to do at least 30 hours of off the job training from 2017. U-40 Basic Lecture Course are held annually for young cardiovascular surgeon to learn about basic surgical skills. U-40 Advanced Lecture Course was started to provide opportunity to have more advanced hands-on lecture for young cardiovascular surgeon. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity to hold hands-on seminars are highly limited. In such circumstances, we held a hybrid hands-on seminar. We report details about the hybrid hands-on seminar.