Persistent challenges in robotic thoracic surgery training Despite these advances, several challenges remain in the education of robotic thoracic surgery, which are particularly pronounced in emerging economies. […]

Why is this phenomenon becoming widespread? With the increase in open access journals, the publishing industry is losing one of their best funding options: the subscription fees that medical libraries and researchers pay. Publishers have now become dependent on publishing fees. You may have heard the phrase “publish or perish.” Some global institutions pay their medical researchers based on how many papers they aim to publish every year. Some academic medical institutions also judge and decide the researchers’ tenure based […]

To review or not to review? For the participants, factors that most affected their decision on accepting to review a paper was the subject of the paper followed by time I have available for reviewing a paper, prestige of the journal, feeling of scientific/social responsibility, relationship with the associate editor and, clear advantage for the career. Meanwhile, factors that count on their decisions the most for rejecting a review were time I have available for reviewing a paper, followed by […]

The state of the art in the management of the Head and Neck cancer is the multidisciplinary approach (MDA), preferably in a Tumor Board setting including not only Medical Doctors of several specialties (Head and Neck Surgeons, Otolaryngologists, Plastic Surgeons, Clinical and Radiation Oncologists, Radiologists and Pathologists, Endocrinologists and Nuclear Medicine Specialists, among others), but other health professionals (Speech Therapists, Nurses, Physical Therapists and Psychologists, among others) as well.() However, it is important to emphasize that, in some less favored […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to improve the care of critically ill patients and enhance clinical outcomes.() The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) represents a complex environment in which patients frequently exhibit clinical instability and a high risk of death.() Timely and precise medical decisions are vital to delivering the best available treatment to patients.() AI has emerged as a transformative tool in several fields of medicine, and its application in critical care medicine is particularly promising.() Theoretically, AI may […]

Robotic surgery allows for better visualization and better handling of tissues during procedures because of the 3D view and articulated instruments which have more degrees of freedom than our own human wrist. Consequently, it is apparently easier to learn than other modalities of minimally invasive surgery (videoassisted thoracic surgery – VATS) and allows more surgeons to perform more complex procedures, particularly those that require bronchovascular sutures or reconstruction. Contributing for this assumption, recent studies have demonstrated that when compared to […]

Virchow: the multitalented physician Virchow was a multifaceted German physician (). He excelled in anthropology, biology, pathology, and politics. Virchow pursued his medical education at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin. While at the Charité hospital, he studied the typhus outbreak in Upper Silesia (1848), establishing the basis for public health in Germany.() Virchow linked the Rickettsia prowazekii outbreak to poverty.(,) Virchow contended that eradicating social disparity was the sole means to avert future epidemics.() Virchow’s crusade against antisemitism was extraordinary, prompted by […]

In common parlance, the term “initiation” may evoke images of secret ceremonies or mysterious rituals in which participants are inducted into hidden secrets. Far from esoteric practices and “mysterious” ceremonies, “Scientific Initiation”, or “Iniciação Científica”, as its known in Brazil, can be understood as an pedagogical activity that provides support for the early stages of undergraduate students’ scientific education. Unlike well-kept secrets, science is an open field accessible to all, and its methodology contributes to the development of critical thinking […]

Simulation-based education (SBE) in health professions education has been increasingly implemented across the world for the past two decades. There has also been a similar trend in Brazil, with SBE being widely implemented in most phases of education, from undergraduate to postgraduate to continued professional development. However, there are still many challenges concerning the effective use of SBE in Brazil, especially due to the low level of country-specific research that can inform its implementation. In this editorial, we will discuss […]

Salami papers are defined as those created by slicing research in as many parts as possible, looking for the minimal publishable unit. ( ) This type of conduct aims to publish more papers using the same research. Another trick of getting more publications and citations is by implementing a clearly unethical practice of duplicate submissions. ( ) Both are culpable of falsely inflating the citation index of authors, data dredging, cherry picking of data and worse, leading to systematic errors […]