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 - European journal of vascular medicine, 46(3), pp. 169-176. Huber 10.1024/0301-1526/a000618

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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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Heart Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Makaloski, Vladimir, Baumann, Frederic

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0301-1526

Publisher:

Huber

Language:

English

Submitter:

Daniela Huber

Date Deposited:

10 Oct 2017 07:46

Last Modified:

27 Feb 2024 14:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1024/0301-1526/a000618

PubMed ID:

28240041

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Curricula endovascular therapy European vascular societies interventional training

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.101651

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/101651

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