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Credentialing in interventional therapy in Europe - comparison of curricula including endovascular therapy of arterial diseases

Schulte, Karl-Ludwig; Jungmann, Pia M; Makaloski, Vladimir; Goncalves, Lino; Steinbauer, Markus; Vonberg, Susanne; Doerr, Beatrix B; Langhoff, Ralf; Baumann, Frederic (2017). Credentialing in interventional therapy in Europe - comparison of curricula including endovascular therapy of arterial diseases. Vasa, 46(3):169-176.

Abstract

The prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is continuously increasing. In addition, the treatment of PAD has changed substantially over the last decades. Novel treatment modalities and diagnostic tools were developed and endovascular therapy was established as a first-line therapy. In consequence, vascular medicine has become an interdisciplinary field, involving different specialties such as internal medicine/cardiology, internal medicine/angiology, vascular surgery, and (interventional) radiology. Attributed to the expanding field and to ensure high quality and standardized training, various curricula were developed. Not only within the different medical disciplines but across countries. We compared the training programmes in Germany, Switzerland, and Europe and found a great variety in these curricula and programmes. Nevertheless, we identified first attempts to harmonize training requirements within the various societies: the interdisciplinary guidelines of the German Society for Cardiology (DGK) and the German Society of Angiology, the adoption of European standards on a national level, and the Swiss initiative of the Union of Vascular Societies of Switzerland (UVSS). The standard and level of training is high in all curricula and societies. However, further harmonization is needed to optimize patient care and ensure a uniform quality level across different vascular societies.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Angiology
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Language:English
Date:May 2017
Deposited On:08 May 2018 13:03
Last Modified:19 Oct 2024 01:35
Publisher:Hogrefe Verlag
ISSN:0301-1526
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000618
PubMed ID:28240041
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