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Paediatric cardiac surgical education: which are the important elements?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2017

Tom R. Karl  and
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Tom R. Karl*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Saint Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida, United States of America Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Discipline of Surgery, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Saint Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida, United States of America Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: T. R. Karl, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, 601 Fifth Street South, Suite 607, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, United States of America. Tel: +(727) 767 6666; Fax: +(727) 767 3704; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Pediatric cardiac surgical education and the associated requirements for certification vary considerably from one country to another. Evolution and standardization for pediatric cardiac surgical education may not have kept pace with the evolution of other aspects of the specialty. Restriction of work hours and disqualification of foreign training experience constitute potential threats to our specialty. A global strategy for qualification and certification may help to address some of these difficult issues.

Keywords

Cardiac surgical educationsurgical certification requirementspediatric cardiac surgerycongenital cardiac surgerypediatric heart surgerycongenital heart surgery
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Special Issue 8: HeartWeek 2016 , December 2016 , pp. 1465 - 1470
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

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Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program International Symposium on Postgraduate Education in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care, Saint Petersburg, United States of America, 11 and 12 February, 2016.

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