This breakthrough allows the HSF to present color on the Web while distributing the same color graphics to the readership of the print journal without cost to the author. Surgeons are scan readers. We berry-pick key information from a larger body of information. Each author knows more about the subject than reader. This draws the readers eyes to the essence of the presentation, which is what most busy surgeons are seeking as they peruse their journals.
Surgeons are truly visual learners.
We can see a procedure performed by someone else and learn nearly everything we need to duplicate that operation. The value of this learning skill is exemplified by the use of videotapes in virtually every cardiothoracic conference held in this era. However, until now there has been no equivalent teaching tool available in our scientific journal. The Video Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery began this pathway, but the HSF is pioneering a full compendium of information besides the video images. For the first time, the scientific basis of a technique as well as the technique itself is published in synchrony and in a way that any surgeon can quickly and clearly assimilate.