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Recommendations from the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology for training in paediatric cardiac intensive care

AEPC's recommendations for European paediatric cardiology trainees The Working Group on Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2011

Eduardo da Cruz*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, The Children's Hospital of Denver, Denver, United States of America
Evelyn Lechner
Affiliation:
Children's and Maternity Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria
Brigitte Stiller
Affiliation:
Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany
Ricardo Munoz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, United States of America
Maurice Beghetti
Affiliation:
Children's University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Ulrich Fakler
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany
Nikolaus Haas
Affiliation:
Herz-und Diabeteszentrum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
*
Correspondence to: Dr E. da Cruz, MD, Head, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Program, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Director, Cardiac Progressive Care Unit and In-Patient Services, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, The Children's Hospital of Denver, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States of America. Tel: +1 720 777 4055; Fax: +1 720 777 7290; E-mail: dacruz.eduardo@tchden.org

Abstract

The following document provides a summary of the guidelines and recommendations for paediatric cardiac intensive care training as a requirement for recognition as a European paediatric cardiologist. It is therefore primarily targeting paediatric cardiology trainees in Europe, including those doctors who might wish to become experts in cardiac intensive care. These recommendations represent a frame for consistency, will evolve, and may be adapted to specific institutional requirements. They will be complemented by a learning module to be provided by our Association in the near future.

Type
Guidelines
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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